Join us for an evening of music from the ever lively bassist & bandleader Blake Shaw celebrating another year of music making.
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Blake Shaw is an upright/electric bassist, composer & arranger, bandleader and private lessons teacher originally from Lisbon, Iowa who now resides in Iowa City. After a brief cruise ship gig in Australia, with the P&O Australia cruise line, following his BM degree Shaw came back to the US to start a Master of Arts degree at UI under the supervision of John Rapson, Damani Phillips, James Dreier and Steve Grismore while acting as one of the jazz department’s teaching assistants. Shaw was fortunate enough to play along side with several different guest artists during his years at UI such as: Wycliffe Gordon, O’had Talmor, Carmen Bradford, Terrell Stafford, Dave Pietro, and Dick Oatts.
Shaw has had a number of great experiences opening for people and bands like Donny McCaslin, Lake Street Dive, Bridget Kearney, Margaret Glaspy, The Marcus King Band, Groovement, Matt Wilson, John Raymond and Real Feels and Caroline Smith. Shaw has also played in bands featured in different music fests such as the main stage of the Iowa City Jazz Fest, Twin Cities Jazz Fest, 80/35, Camp Euforia, Summer Camp, Iowa Soul Fest, Iowa Stock Music Fest, Mission Creek and Grey Area. Shaw has also held a seat on the Iowa City Jazz Fest committee picking the main stage acts since 2016. Currently Shaw teaches general music at the Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids Day School’s along with touring and gigging throughout the year.
Shaw’s influences come from various genres and instrumentalists. He has made it his mission to become diverse and proficient in many different contexts. His experience stretches from jazz, rock, classical, bluegrass, to latin, funk, R&B, and anything in between. His main bass influences have been but aren’t limited to Dave Holland, Christian McBride and John Clayton. Current bands Shaw is booking with include but aren’t limited to (click for links): The Blake Shaw Quintet, Thrio, Goose Town, PSA, Elizabeth Moen, River Glen, and The Clinton St House Band. You can also find Shaw subbing in Christopher Merz’s Very Happy Band as well as Flash in a Pan. Side-musician projects include Dana T’s bands, the Muscatine Community Orchestra and Eric Thompson’s Fun Time music Hour.
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Yamaha Performing Artist Dave Hagedorn is an Assistant Professor of Music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he teaches percussion, jazz studies, and world music. He has recorded two albums with the George Russell Living Time Orchestra on Blue Note Recordings: the Grammy Nominated African Game and So What. Tours with George Russell included concerts at Kool Jazz Festivals in Saratoga Springs, New York and San Diego, California and club appearances at Sweet Basil in New York City and at the African American Cultural Center in Philadelphia. He played vibes and marimba on Twin Cities jazz singer Debbie Duncan's album, "It Must be Christmas" on Igmod Recordings. In 1984, he received an honorable mention award from Down Beat Magazine for a performance with alto saxophonist Nelson Rangell.
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None of us at Noce are taking your health and safety lightly. We are taking a very carefully curated approach to this new process, & I promise to keep a diligent eye on our operations as we continue down this road.
Whether it's with the diligent mask policy or the spaced out tables, it may feel incredibly different than before all of this began. The good news is that once you're in your seat with a cocktail in hand & a great band on the stage, you'll have everything you need for another great night at Noce.
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In addition to our live audience performance in Noce Jazz & Cabaret, this show will be streamed live via Facebook and Youtube beginning at 7PM on the night of the show.
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