Silver Swing Band

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About:  The Silver Swing Band is a 16-piece ensemble that enjoys “Big Band” music. With the revival of music from the 1940’s, this group has become popular with the younger set as well as the “silver seniors” from that era. The band has expanded its repertoire to include Big Band jazz music like the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Quincey Jones, Stan Kenton and many other bands in addition to the above “Swing” category.
Silver Swing Band is a subset of the Iowa City New Horizons group that started in 1995 and has played for a multitude of events and celebrations over the years. The band plays regularly at the Iowa Arts Fest and has performed at the Iowa City Jazz Fest, local retired residences, “Generations of Jazz”, Iowa City Senior Center, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, and the University of Iowa College of Education Homecoming Tailgate party. Recordings can be found on YouTube under the Silver Swing Band listing.
The band is directed by Steve Grismore.  Steve is a recently retired Instructor of Jazz Studies at the University of Iowa. A prolific performer, Grismore has been playing guitar for over 60 years and has degrees from G.I.T. (now called M.I.) and The University of Iowa (B.M. and M.A.). He has recorded three nationally distributed CDs for the Accurate label (Boston) with the “Grismore/Scea Group”, 8 cd’s with Iowa’s very own salsa band, “Orquesta Alto Maiz”, and 3 cd’s with the group “Oddbar” and numerous other recording with friends around the country. Steve released a cd in 2012 “Besame Mucho” with the Steve Grismore Trio (featuring Sam Salamone and John Kizilarmut) and the Gizmojazz cd “Me and My Machine” released 2018.He also released “The Grismore Family Album in 2019, Better Time (Are a Comin’) in 2021, and One for Hairy in 2022.  His most recent release was “Dig it” with 3 Dawgs and a Bone. Currently Steve is performing solo as well with his own trio with various organ, bassists, and drummers, and is a member of the classic rock band the Beaker Brothers.

Contact Information:
Web: www.iowacitynhb.org/
Other links: www.facebook.com/iowacitynhb

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