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Jazz Vespers 2016

The Jazz Vespers is always a lot of fun.  More important, it reminds both musicians and audience of the spiritual side of jazz. And the night promotes remembering old friends and making new ones.  Rusty Jones, the drummer who for many years was a fixture of this scene and who was a long-time friend of …

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Romantic Jazz Dinner with Eddie Piccard Quartet

Looking for something special to do on that special day?

The Eddie Piccard Quartet will be playing for a Romantic Dinner at the Longbranch. Enjoy Eddie’s unique rendition of your favorite romantic ballads–along with prime rib, salad bar, cheesecake, and a champagne toast.

Second Set: Benny Goodman & Matt Dennis

Four Musicians

This Friday (1/29) in our Second Set at the Longbranch, we will feature music associated with Benny Goodman and Matt Dennis. Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, needs no introduction.  He was famous both for his big band and for his smalls combos (the most famous of all the combos starred Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, …

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Eddie Piccard Presents: All That Jazz!

Eddie Piccard brings his quintet to the First Street Community Center for an evening of jazz standards. Look forward to hearing swing tunes and bop, blues and ballads, Ellington and Basie.

The program will also include a special tribute to Frank Sinatra.

Off Key: A Conversation with Eddie and Dallis Piccard

by EmQ, CRAM Magazine, April-May 2004 Reproduced with permission from Cram Magazine Eddie Piccard and his wife Dallis are a dynamic couple who’ve been steadily pumping life into the Cedar Rapids music scene for the last fifteen years. For those foreign to his sounds, Eddie is the mainstay for The Eddie Piccard Trio, a local …

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