Hire this band!!! The Des Moines Big Band is one of Iowa’s best-kept secrets. The musicians are first-rate, mostly 30 to 50 somethings who have left professional playing careers to raise families, etc. Their repertoire is huge, and varied. They can do anything from nostalgia(think Glenn Miller) to cutting edge jazz.(Think Joshua Redman, Village Vanguard, etc) The members can put smaller groups together as well, and have played many of the coolest weddings in central Iowa, I’m told. They appear every Monday evening at the Adventureland Inn restaurant in Altoona. Lot’s of great jazz guests throughout the year.