Karli Bunn Quartet at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities -- February 16.

Sunday, February 16, 5 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities, 3707 Eastern Avenue, Davenport IA

Presented as the first 2025 concert event in Polyrhythms' popular Third Sunday Jazz Series, the exhilarating artists of the Karli Bunn Quartet take the stage at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities on February 16, the headliner one of the organization's special workshop proteges who will also lead a 3 p.m. jazz workshop in advance of the evening's 5 p.m. performance.

Karli Bunn is a Chicago-based saxophonist, composer, and educator. As a Quad City native with degrees from Northern Illinois and DePaul University, she has performed a broad context of music with ensembles including the Manny Lopez Big Band, Blueshift Big Band, Ten of Soul, Calaveras LD, the Isaiah Spencer Quintet, The Honey Jackets (in the Marriott’s production of the musical Beehive), and her own ensembles. Bunn focuses her efforts on incorporating the aural tradition into modern innovation while fostering diversity and inclusivity within her community. She currently teaches at Schaumburg High School and privately through her own studio. Bunn is also proficient in woodwind doubling and music technology while focusing her efforts on incorporating the aural tradition into modern innovation.

Those with a long history of attending the Third Sunday Jazz workshops will always remember Bunn as a young girl getting up and playing her sax with the great pianist Willie Pickens. Even as a youth, she performed with the ease and confidence of a seasoned performer, and on September 19, 2021, while the artist was earning her master’s in jazz studies at DePaul University, the Karli Bunn Sextet was the featured band for Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Workshop and Matinee Concert Series. For her Polyrhythms return this month, saxophonist Bunn will be joined by Meghan Stagl on piano, Evan Levine on bass, and Henry Ptacek on drums.

Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Series is made possible with major support of the SCRA, the RDA, the Singh Family Foundation, as well as Visionary Arts Photography & Media Center, Bowman Accounting, Peeples Heating & Air Conditioning, Cribbs Landscaping, Davis Entertainment Network, radio station KALA, and DJ Mixxin Mel.

The Karli Bunn Quartet performs their Third Sunday matinee concert at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities on February 16, admission to the 5 p.m. event is $20 (no reserved seating), and children K-12 and college students (ID required) will be admitted free. The venue's front doors will open at 3 p.m. for the Karli Bunn-led jazz workshop, with participants invited to bring their own instruments, and a social hour will begin at 4 p.m., with doors for the 5 p.m. performance opening at 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit Polyrhythms.org.

Support the River Cities' Reader

Get 12 Reader issues mailed monthly for $48/year.

Old School Subscription for Your Support

Get the printed Reader edition mailed to you (or anyone you want) first-class for 12 months for $48.
$24 goes to postage and handling, $24 goes to keeping the doors open!

Click this link to Old School Subscribe now.



Help Keep the Reader Alive and Free Since '93!

 

"We're the River Cities' Reader, and we've kept the Quad Cities' only independently owned newspaper alive and free since 1993.

So please help the Reader keep going with your one-time, monthly, or annual support. With your financial support the Reader can continue providing uncensored, non-scripted, and independent journalism alongside the Quad Cities' area's most comprehensive cultural coverage." - Todd McGreevy, Publisher