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Noce is proud to present a monthly series of concerts highlighting the work of great Iowa songwriters, whether they specialize in jazz or not. The room that has played host to so many great artists is now open for songwriters of all creeds, giving listeners & musicians an opportunity to appreciate the singular beauty of great songwriting.
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Midwest singer-songwriter Chad Elliott blends folk roots, swampy blues and soulful writing to deliver an original Americana sound. His live performances have been honed over a decade of being on the road performing more than 200 shows each year. Elliott is lauded as “Iowa’s Renaissance man” by Culture Buzz Magazine. He has penned more than 1,500 songs in his career while also cultivating his skills as a painter, sculptor, illustrator and author (Wilderman’s Treetop Tales; Rumble & Flash).
“That man’s music is as honest as was Woody Guthrie’s.” – Atesh Sonneborn, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Every Thursday night, Noce hosts different jazz musicians to play free of cover.
Our master of sound has done a terrific job with the audio and video quality & you’ll be easily able to cast the video to any device that is chromecast-enabled. Come hear the music play at a safe distance!
Digital show stream begins at 7PM on Facebook and Youtube
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Nick Rueckert has been teaching instrumental music since 2011. Rueckert started teaching in Ankeny in 2017 at Northview Middle School, followed by Ankeny Centennial in 2018. He teaches the 10th grade band/Symphonic Band, Jazz Collective, Jazz Combo, AP Music Theory, and co-instruct the ACHS Marching Band and pep band.

Noce is proud to present a show featuring Max Wellman alongside the an eight piece band, celebrating the life & music of Francis Albert Sinatra. Initially developed in 2015 following Sinatra’s centennial birthday, the show has been a consistent favorite at Noce, covering some of Sinatra’s early hits from Dorsey days such as All Or Nothing At All, or All Of Me, all the way through the famous concept albums like Only the Lonely & In The Wee Small Hours.
New & Revamped for 2021, the beloved show is back to its extended run time & pulling new selections from Sinatra’s extensive catalogue, arranged by pianist and composer Nate Sparks.
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
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Nate Sparks is a New York-based composer/arranger/performer who grew up in Runnells, Iowa. Nate began playing the piano at age 7, trumpet at 11, and pursued jazz throughout his middle school and high school years. His acceptance into several national high school honor bands and music festivals led him to a post-secondary study of jazz at the Juilliard School, where he also began his career as a writer.

Noce is proud to present a show featuring Max Wellman alongside the an eight piece band, celebrating the life & music of Francis Albert Sinatra. Initially developed in 2015 following Sinatra’s centennial birthday, the show has been a consistent favorite at Noce, covering some of Sinatra’s early hits from Dorsey days such as All Or Nothing At All, or All Of Me, all the way through the famous concept albums like Only the Lonely & In The Wee Small Hours.
New & Revamped for 2021, the beloved show is back to its extended run time & pulling new selections from Sinatra’s extensive catalogue, arranged by pianist and composer Nate Sparks.
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
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Nate Sparks is a New York-based composer/arranger/performer who grew up in Runnells, Iowa. Nate began playing the piano at age 7, trumpet at 11, and pursued jazz throughout his middle school and high school years. His acceptance into several national high school honor bands and music festivals led him to a post-secondary study of jazz at the Juilliard School, where he also began his career as a writer.

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 is a double/electric bass player, vocalist, band leader, composer/arranger, & private lessons teacher living in Iowa City, IA. When he’s not teaching at the Cedar Rapids & Hiawatha Day School he’s gigging around Iowa. You can find Blake playing with Thrio, River Glen, Dup, the Blake Shaw Quintet, the Clinton St Quartet, Jim Buennig group and The Savage Hearts.

Every Thursday night, Noce hosts different jazz musicians to play free of cover.
Our master of sound has done a terrific job with the audio and video quality & you’ll be easily able to cast the video to any device that is chromecast-enabled. Come hear the music play at a safe distance!
Digital show stream begins at 7PM on Facebook and Youtube
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Nate Sparks is a New York-based composer/arranger/performer who grew up in Runnells, Iowa. Nate began playing the piano at age 7, trumpet at 11, and pursued jazz throughout his middle school and high school years. His acceptance into several national high school honor bands and music festivals led him to a post-secondary study of jazz at the Juilliard School, where he also began his career as a writer.
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Noce is gladly accepting contributions in lieu of our usual cover for shows through the following portals
https://cash.app/$nocedsm – https://paypal.me/nocedsm

Many moons ago, after the Friday Night show wrapped up Max would hop onstage for Last Call: a two hour set with a trio playing jazz standards into the wee hours. Late night programming isn’t back yet, but Last Call is at an earlier hour!
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. Performances alongside vocalist Rose Colella & pianist Annie Booth have been met with rave reviews.

Saxophonist Bryan Schumacker presents an evening of the music of composer Steve Million, featuring Mike Conrad on piano, Nic Addelia on drums, Steve Charlson on bass, Dave Rezek playing trumpet and flugel.
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Most recently, Bryan has performed with 8-time Grammy nominee Tierney Sutton, the queen of soul Aretha Franklin, Iowa native Dick Oatts, and Roberto Margris. He’s also had performing engagements with George Robert, Claudio Roditi, Edsel Gomez, Steve Lippia, Gil Goldstein, Anat Cohen, Alison Wedding, Ciara Civello, & Diego Urcola. Bryan can be heard on recordings of the latin jazz group Ashanti, the John Krantz Quintet, the Max Wellman Big Band, and the Des Moines Big Band.
Bryan studied at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he earned his BBA and MBA. While there, he studied saxophone, clarinet, and flute with Tim Timmons, Gary Foster, and Hal Melia. Kansas City allowed Bryan to take advantage of opportunities to play with professional musicians like Bobby Watson, Antonio Hart, Bob Brookmeyer, Paquito DeRiviera, Bill Cunliff, Kim Park, Louie Bellson, Mike Methany, and many others.

Every Thursday night, Noce hosts different jazz musicians to play free of cover.
Our master of sound has done a terrific job with the audio and video quality & you’ll be easily able to cast the video to any device that is chromecast-enabled. Come hear the music play at a safe distance!
Digital show stream begins at 7PM on Facebook and Youtube
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A Des Moines native, versatile trumpeter Dave Rezek has been a much sought-after private teacher, clinician, festival adjudicator, front/sideman, and guest artist with colleges and high schools. He has been busy with many creative projects, including his own original-music septet Dave Rezek’s Alpha State Agents, the Des Moines Big Band, the Max Wellman Big Band & Quintet, ‘Ceptet, the Bryan Schumacker Quintet, the Tony Valdez Large Band, and Mike Conrad’s Colossus Central Big Band and Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra. He has also collaborated and performed with numerous other top area artists including John Kizilarmut, Karl McComas-Reichl, Chris Merz, Jason Danielson, Damani Phillips, Mitch Towne, Bob Washut, Sam Salomone, Susie Miget, Jim Oatts, Chris Steinke, Scott Barnum, and Orquesta Alto Maiz, and he has performed in show orchestras at both the Civic Center and Des Moines Playhouse.
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Noce is gladly accepting contributions in lieu of our usual cover for shows through the following portals
https://cash.app/$nocedsm – https://paypal.me/nocedsm
Noce’s merchandise offerings have been restocked! Check them out at https://squareup.com/store/noce

The Great American Songbook is the trove of music that keeps much of the jazz & cabaret world going. These songs make up a significant piece of our cultural heritage. They are America’s art songs. At least, that is Max Wellman’s view. It is also the inspiration behind a new series of concerts featuring arranger/pianist Nate Sparks as part of Wellman’s quartet. Loosely inspired also by Wynton Marsalis’s series of albums in the ’80s & ’90s of the same name, these concerts will feature new arrangements from month to month highlighting different songs in the canon.
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. Performances alongside vocalist Rose Colella & pianist Annie Booth have been met with rave reviews.
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Nate Sparks is a New York-based composer/arranger/performer who grew up in Runnells, Iowa. Nate began playing the piano at age 7, trumpet at 11, and pursued jazz throughout his middle school and high school years. His acceptance into several national high school honor bands and music festivals led him to a post-secondary study of jazz at the Juilliard School, where he also began his career as a writer.
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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.
Noce is gladly accepting contributions in lieu of our usual cover for shows through the following portals – https://cash.app/$nocedsm – https://paypal.me/nocedsm

Always met with rave reviews, Vocalist Tina Haase Findlay’s Jazzified series takes familiar music and turns it on its head with jazzified arrangements and show stopping vocals. In this installment, Tina takes on one of the great Queens of popular music, Stevie Nicks, with all the flash associated with the series.
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Already honored at the tender age of 53 with the terms “legend” and “icon,” the award-winning vocals of Tina Haase Findlay have made their mark throughout the jazz realm as well as in blues, rock, soul, gospel, commercial jingles, and musical theatre. This includes countless big band and combo settings, such as The Bob Weast Swingin’ Big Band and The Red Sneaker Dixieland Jazz Band. She has opened for and/or shared the stage with such luminaries as Sam Salamone, Frank Tribble, Irene Myles, Susie Miget, Renee Austin, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Bruce Katz, Joanna Connor, and many more. Most recently, her much-lauded Queens of Jazz tribute shows at Noce Jazz Club in downtown Des Moines have cemented her place as one of the scene’s most sought-after vocalists. A two-time Iowa Blues Challenge winner, Tina is currently the youngest member (and one of the few women) of the Des Moines Jazz Hall of Fame.

Every Thursday night, Noce hosts different jazz musicians to play free of cover.
Our master of sound has done a terrific job with the audio and video quality & you’ll be easily able to cast the video to any device that is chromecast-enabled. Come hear the music play at a safe distance!
Digital show stream begins at 7PM on Facebook and Youtube
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Nick Leo is a Des Moines-based musician and composer. He has an MM in Jazz Pedagogy and a BA in Music from the University of Northern Iowa where he studied with Chris Merz, Dr. Robert Washut, Sean Botkin, and Genadi Zagor. He maintains a busy performance schedule as a versatile jazz and Latin music pianist and is the Teaching Artist of Jazz Piano at Drake University.
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Noce is gladly accepting contributions in lieu of our usual cover for shows through the following portals
https://cash.app/$nocedsm – https://paypal.me/nocedsm

As a young child, Max Wellman was first exposed to jazz and standards by Ella Fitzgerald’s acclaimed series of Songbook Albums. This collection highlighted the work of specific composers in a series of double LPs that have been heralded ever since their release. Wellman honors the legacy of those recordings through a regular concert series at Noce, with each concert specifically featuring the work of a great American songbook composer. This installment features the music of prolific songwriter Cole Porter, featured in Fitzgerald’s iconic series.
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. Performances alongside vocalist Rose Colella & pianist Annie Booth have been met with rave reviews.

Omaha-based Jazz Organist Mitch Towne is back in…Des Moines for a night of music featuring guitarist Eric Slaughter from St. Louis and drummer Marty Morrison from KC. This show is not to be missed!
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Mitch Towne is a Grammy-nominated keyboardist and touring musician, and is the “go-to” organist in the Midwest. His ability to move seamlessly between diverse styles has made him a sought-after side-man with artists as varied as jazz and soul artist and Grammy-winning producer Terrace Martin, pop superstar Aloe Blacc, jazz heavyweights Ryan Kisor, Dave Stryker, Adam Larson, and Marcus Lewis, blues artists Eric Gales and Ben Poole, and Tower of Power drummer Ron E. Beck. In 2015, Towne played organ on the track “Push” for the album “Velvet Portraits” by Terrace Martin, which was nominated for a 2016 Grammy for “Best R&B” album.
Mitch Towne is an endorsing artist for Crumar keyboards, Motion Sound amplifiers, and Lounsberry Pedals.
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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.
Noce is gladly accepting contributions in lieu of our usual cover for shows through the following portals – https://cash.app/$nocedsm – https://paypal.me/nocedsm

Many moons ago, after the Friday Night show wrapped up Max would hop onstage for Last Call: a two hour set with a trio playing jazz standards into the wee hours. Late night programming isn’t back yet, but Last Call is at an earlier hour!
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. Performances alongside vocalist Rose Colella & pianist Annie Booth have been met with rave reviews.

All Night Trio features Matt Villinger, one of the most in-demand piano players in the KC area along with with keyboardist/vibraphonist Peter Schlamb and drummer Zach Morrow. They combine different types of groove music to make unique compositions influenced by everyone from Herbie Hancock to Drake. Blending jazz, funk, soul, electronica and improvisation into a unique blend of melody, ambience and groove beats, these guys have it all.
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Hermon Mehari received his BM in Jazz Performance from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance in 2010. In addition to performing, he dedicates himself to being a serious educator and has participated in clinics and panels around the world.
Although he already had a growing reputation, the success of Herman Mehari’s debut album, Bleu, put him concretely on the musical map. It covered both the ground of his contemporaries and his own original music in such a way to establish his artistic identity. Bleu includes ECM recording artist Aaron Parks on piano, Blue Note recording artist Logan Richardson on alto saxophone, Peter Schlamb on vibraphone, Ryan J. Lee on drums and Rick Rosato on bass. Mehari was the recent winner of the 2015 Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Competition and a semifinalist in the 2014 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2014 he released the CD Our Journey with Diverse, his second with the group. Mehari maintains a touring schedule around the world with his own group and as a sideman.

As a young child, Max Wellman was first exposed to jazz and standards by Ella Fitzgerald’s acclaimed series of Songbook Albums. This collection highlighted the work of specific composers in a series of double LPs that have been heralded ever since their release. Wellman honors the legacy of those recordings through a regular concert series at Noce, with each concert specifically featuring the work of a great American songbook composer. This installment features the music of Richard Rodgers.
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Vocalist Max Wellman is enticing music lovers throughout the region. With a sound evoking the likes of Sinatra and Connick, Wellman’s recordings & performances promise that the Great American Songbook is alive & well for a new generation of listeners.
Wellman co-founded Noce, a state-of-the-art jazz club in the Western Gateway neighborhood of downtown Des Moines. Additionally, Wellman has appeared at some of the great clubs throughout the country, from Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center to Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago to Dazzle in Denver & many in between. Performances alongside vocalist Rose Colella & pianist Annie Booth have been met with rave reviews.

Sumpin Doo is a four piece Blues band with a bit of R&B and Soul mixed in.
The Davis brothers, Gil and George Davis started Sumpin Doo over 20 years ago and have had numerous different line ups of supporting band members over the years.Both men have played their whole lives and have had numerous opportunities throughout their careers to include Gil Davis being on one of the first Bruce Springsteen albums. And both Gil and George being on tour with Cool and the Gang in the day as part of the opening act. Both had the honor of playing the famous NYC club, “The Apollo Theater” as young men.
George and Gil Davis are both early entries into the Iowa Blues hall of Fame.
George Davis is the leader of the band, guitar player and main vocalist..
Gil Davis is the bass player and assists in singing with his brother. His reputation as a groove bass player with feel is well known in the Des Moines area.
Jim Parker plays drums and sings background vocals. He has been a permanent member of Sumpin Doo since 2013. Jim plays in numerous bands in the Des Moines area to include the Tony Valdez Large Band and the RhythMatics. Jim was the drummer in the Cavaliers during the 70’s and was inducted into the Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cavaliers.
Danny Nicholson is the lead guitarist and has been in the band for two years. Danny has been a major staple in the Des Moines guitar player scene for many years. From the old days of the Cavaliers to Sam Salomone & Friends and many years with Paul Micich and World Port. Danny is a highly regarded and knowledgeable guitar player.
The most important and interesting part of Sumpin Doo is this…….four musicians who truly are the best of friends, care about each other, and care about playing the Blues.