Poster by Maria Darron
We're lucky to consider Jon Irabagon a regular performer here at Bop Shop Records. Jon's music and style ranges from quirky, high octane avant-garde soloing to thoughtful melodies; sometimes on a dime. We're even more fortunate to have his quartet joining us for this live stream.
This tour is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
How to Watch
Tune in on Friday, April 16 at 8:00 PM EST at:
bopshop.com/live
Also streaming at our Facebook and YouTube pages
Virtual Tips
The show is free, but please consider tipping the artists!
PayPal: paypal.me/jonirabagon
About The Artists
“Saxophonist Jon Irabagon is a subverter of the jazz form,” declares Martin Longley in his Irabagon feature in the August issue of The New York City Jazz Record. “He’s a revolutionary who’s secretly messing with the changes. He might be dismantling the music’s mechanics from the inside, but from the outside he can frequently persuade a crowd that he’s an old- school practitioner. There are few players who can so deftly stride from postbop to free improvisation, avant country to doom metal and then wander from chaotic collage-spraying to sleek-blowing fluency.”
The winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, Irabagon has since topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in the DownBeat Magazine Critics’ Poll and been named one of Time Out New York’s 25 New York City Jazz Icons. Jon was also named 2012 Musician of the Year in The New York City Jazz Record and is an integral member of such high-profile ensembles as the Mary Halvorson Quintet, Septet and Octet, the Dave Douglas Quintet, Barry Altschul’s 3Dom Factor and formerly of Mostly Other People do the Killing as well as an established bandleader in his own right. The long-standing Jon Irabagon Quartet features Luis Perdomo, Yasushi Nakamura and Rudy Royston, and the Jon Irabagon Trio includes Mark Helias and Barry Altschul. Both ensembles have done numerous tours throughout North America, South America and Europe.
Matt Mitchell is a pianist and composer interested in the intersections of various strains of acoustic, electric, composed and improvised new music.
Chris Lightcap is an accomplished bassist and composer. His playing is featured on over 80 albums; as a bandleader/composer, he has produced six critically acclaimed albums of original music.
Shifting Foundation grantee Dan Weiss has been hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers in The New York Times, and his large ensemble recording "Fourteen" made the top 10 list of their best recordings of 2014. Weiss’s innovative drumming and forward-thinking compositions have been pushing musical limits for years.