Area musicians represented by these bands have performed with internationally renowned artists such as Paul Winter, the Count Basie Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, Chase, Ritchie Cole, Kenny Rankin and even Michael Bolton. Many of these great local musicians are also educators. Bob Washut, director of the nationally renowned jazz program at UNI, regularly takes his student jazz band to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Susie Miget is proprietor of a Des Moines school for jazz improvisation known as Creative Music. Many others are music faculty at central Iowa high schools and colleges.
Jazz is alive and well in central Iowa.
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