Michael Columbia + Jack Lion — live event on Aug 28, 2026
Michael Columbia + Jack Lion at ROZZ-TOX, Rock Island on Fri, Aug 28, 7:00 PM. Tickets from $10.30. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
A multi-instrumentalist trio of veteran genre benders, David McDonnell, Christopher Kalis, and Dylan Ryan first played together over a decade ago in the Chicago/Philadelphia-based post-rock collective, Icy Demons. Since then they have all consistently moved forward with their own respective musical identities, releasing records and performing with dozens of artists in the free jazz, indie, and electronic scenes in Chicago as well as on both coasts. Equally comfortable in an extended instrumental solo as in a committed motorik moment, the group drifts effortlessly between the Soft Machine-style soprano saxophone leads, the interlocking riffs of Discipline-era King Crimson, and the psychedelic-hypno-funk rhythms of Can. Their new recording, Mirrors, Shapes, Objects comes out July 31 via Cuneiform Records. Jack Lion’s members unearth the early ’00s interest in connections between jazz and electronic music and refashion it for this current era. Striking a balance between jazz composition, down-tempo break-beats, and hazy atmospherics they have made their mark as one of Iowa City’s headiest and most adventurous bands.
Starts: Fri, Aug 28, 7:00 PM
Ends: Fri, Aug 28, 11:00 PM
Where: 2108 3rd Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois 61201, United States
Price: $10.3
Venue: ROZZ-TOX
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