While growing up in Rochester, drummer David Clapp was able to experience the music of many jazz greats at the Rochester International Jazz Festival and at frequent shows at Bop Shop Records.

In high school, David spent time studying with Eastman School of Music faculty and local jazz legend Mike Melito. He currently is completing his senior year at Purchase College, State University of New York, where he studies with Kenny Washington and spends time with other notable musicians, including Gary Smulyan, Eric Alexander and Ugonna Okegwo.

David is looking forward to presenting his group, which includes recent Purchase alumni and other talented local musicians at Bop Shop Records, where they’ll perform a variety of styles that highlight David’s love of the jazz tradition.

Featuring:
David Clapp: Drums
Eric Stein: Saxophone
Max Robbins: Trumpet
Harry Graser: Piano
David Arenius: Bass

Tickets: $5

Following up last year’s mid-pandemic live stream, Ed Hamell is back at Bop Shop Records – live and in-person – just in time for the holidays!

Hamell on Trial is the musical alias of New York-based folk punk hero Ed Hamell. A one-man explosion, he is loud-as-war one minute, stepping off the microphone to whisper to an enthralled audience the next. His performances are informed by politics, passion, intelligence and the all-important sense of humor.

His caustic wit and devil-may-care attitude has long been a favorite of anti-establishment icons Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Ani DiFranco and the critical elite inciting Rolling Stone magazine to call him "Bald, bold and superbad!" Henry Rollins says "Hamell is a one man rock show!" He has been described as "Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joe Strummer all rolled into one" by Philadelphia Weekly and a "one man Tarantino flick: loud, vicious, luridly hilarious, gleefully and deeply offensive" by the Village Voice.

Tickets: $20

PAKT recalls the fearless attitude and daring approach that originally defined progressive music: where the magic of the moment always triumphed over preconception. Templates be damned ... this music blazes its own path! This is truly exquisite fare, serving as a reminder to aficionados of what initially drew them to this most creative, visionary of genres.

PAKT is made up of fretless bass guitarist Percy Jones, guitarists Alex Skolnick and Tim Motzer, and drummer Kenny Grohowski. They are all very experienced players. Skolnick is best known as the lead guitarist in the thrash metal band Testament; he went on to freelance work, playing jazz with his Alex Skolnick Trio, and experimenting with World Music. Motzer has a long background in free improvisation as well, including the bands Bandit65 (with fellow guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel) and Orion Tango, plus many other recorded collaborations for his 1k Recordings label. Welsh bassist Jones (long time a New York resident) is known for his tenure in the jazz fusion group Brand X, collaborations with Suzanne Vega, as well as extensive studio work (especially with Brian Eno). Grohowski's recent associations include Imperial Triumphant, John Zorn, Brand X, Felix Pastorius & the Hipster Assassins.

PAKT is...
Percy Jones - bass guitar
Alex Skolnick - guitar
Kenny Grohowski - drums
Tim Motzer - guitars, electronics

Tickets: $25 advance / $30 at door

Forget the Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah. For a real taste of seasonal cheer, nothing says joy to the world like Bill Kirchen singing Daddy’s Drinkin’ Up Our Christmas. Bill Kirchen’s annual Honky Tonk Holiday Tour is finally back at Lovin’ Cup Bistro & Brews on 12/6!

Featured is a sleigh-full of rarely heard holiday numbers from the blues, rock ‘n’ roll and honky tonk bags: Silent Surfin’ Night, Truckin’ Trees for Christmas, Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy, and many more. But be ye not afraid, there’ll be so much more than holiday songs of questionable taste; you can count on a truckload of dieselbilly classics to take the edge off the holiday fuss.⁣⁣⁣

Guitar Player Magazine dubbed Bill Kirchen the “Titan of the Telecaster.” Rolling Stone said he’s “an American treasure” and “one of our best.” No matter what you call him, Kirchen is a founding father of the Americana movement, now at the peak of his impressive career.⁣⁣⁣

Tickets: $25 advance / $30 at door

Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki have been partners in rhythm for 20 years. Weiss is consistently recognized as a top drummer in publications such as the New York Times ("Five Drummers Whose Time is Now"), Modern Drummer ("Top 5 Jazz Drummers"), and Downbeat magazine ("Top Up and Coming Percussionist"), and has been a member of many of the most influential groups on the current scene including Dave Binney, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Matt Mitchell, and Chris Potter. He is also an accomplished tabla player, having performed with Ashish Khan and Ramesh Misra and studied with Samir Chatterjee for two decades.

Okazaki is known for his rhythmic approach to the guitar, is currently in groups led by Jonathan Finlayson, Matt Mitchell, Amir El Saffar, and gained wide recognition in recent years as the guitarist for Steve Coleman and Five Elements. The New York Times recently described his style as “utterly contemporary, free from the expectations of what it means to play a guitar in a group setting — not just in jazz, but any kind.”

Both Weiss and Okazaki are artists on the Pi recordings label, have appeared together on seven albums (three by Okazaki and four by Weiss), and are expecting to release a duo recording in the near future. In the duet setting, Weiss and Okazaki are able to explore extreme rhythmic territory and freely construct flowing improvised sets. The New York Times describes this method of performance: “The guitarist Miles Okazaki and the drummer Dan Weiss performed a duo set on Friday that suggested some of the new jazz musician’s inexhaustible options as they fit ideas together without stopping.”

Tickets: $20

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Featuring a pop-up performance of live, improvised ambient music by Bop Shop Records employee James Spitznagel (aka PLUS ULTRA) at 2pm.

New Orleans trombonist and composer Mark McGrain (originally from Rochester) joins forces with Western New York jazz stalwarts Mike Kaupa (trumpet), Dave Arenius (bass), and Richard Felice (drums) to form the NOROC (New Orleans/Rochester) quartet. NOROC performs original compositions and improvisations.

Mark McGrain is a New Orleans based trombonist, composer, and educator. He is the leader of the critically acclaimed trio Plunge and a busy instrumentalist and arranger for many New Orleans artists, including backing singer John Boutté (since 2006) and frequently in duo with pianist Matt Lemmler. Formerly on the faculty of Berklee College of Music, Mr. McGrain is the author of the text book Music Notation (Hal Leonard pub.)

Tickets: $15

In 2019 trombonist Joe Fiedler released Open Sesame, packed with inventive jazz readings of material drawn from his longstanding “day job” as an EMMY-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show Sesame Street. The effort was equally beloved by lay listeners and the jazz world alike. DownBeat praised the music’s “diverse aesthetic,” in which Fiedler blends “elements of funk, rock, free-jazz and New Orleans polyphony into a potent mix that gives depth and texture to the lighthearted compositions.” When Fiedler and the band toured the music, including a stop at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola with guest luminaries Wynton Marsalis and none other than Elmo himself, the realization set in that the project would be no one-off. “I have these songbooks from the Sesame Street office,” Fiedler says, “and if you whip through the first 30 tunes, absolutely everyone knows them. But there are six or seven thousand songs they’ve done over the past 50 years, with plenty of gold in there to do a second album for sure.”

Following up 2019’s warmly received Open Sesame, the EMMY-nominated Fiedler highlights an expansive trombone voice, richly interpretive arrangements and keen orchestration chops on Fuzzy and Blue (available from Multiphonics Music on November 12, 2021).

Featuring:
Joe Fiedler - trombone
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
Jeff Lederer - tenor/soprano sax & clarinet
Sean Conly - bass
Michael Sarin - drums

Tickets: $20

This performance 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.

Featuring:
Joe Fonda - bass & compositions
Harvey Sorgen - drums
Jeff Lederer - clarinet
Michael Rabinowitz - bassoon

This performance 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.

This performance is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the NYSCA.

Tickets: $20

Hanna PK ​​​is a pianist, vocalist, & vibrant performer. Currently residing in Rochester, NY, the South Korean-born songwriter’s style ranges from funky tunes to mournful slow blues.

Join us for an intimate pop-up concert celebrating the release of her new album, Blues All Over My Shoes (produced by Kenny Neal for Booga Music/VizzTone).

Reed/brass player Joe McPhee (who made his recording debut with his Underground Railroad album in 1969) and drummer Jay Rosen have a long- standing performing relationship with each other — and with the Bop Shop — dating back to the 1990s. The two musicians, along with master bassist Dominic Duval, formed Trio X in 1997. McPhee’s first concert at the Bop Shop was a memorable solo set back in 1998, which was followed a year later by the first of five Trio X concerts. Throughout the years, both McPhee and Rosen have led and played in many ensembles at the Bop Shop, as did Duval until his untimely passing in 2016. While both are known as free jazz players, that label can be as limiting as it is open. Listen closely and one will hear surprising touchstones in their music. Listen to “A Valentine in The Fog of War” (from Moods: Playing With The Elements) and one will hear the Edwin Starr classic “War” lurking in the bass line during a version of “My Funny Valentine.”

Rosen was recently the drummer of McPhee’s Loose Booty Octet at this year’s Vision Festival, where he supplied the openness needed for his fellow musicians as well as a sturdy backbeat when it was called for. McPhee’s instruments can roar and rage, but he also can provide interludes of stunning beauty. Be assured, you’re going to hear two master improvisers at work on their respective instruments when they perform here. You won’t want to miss it.

Tickets: $20

Long time musical partners Aaron Lipp & Ric Robertson (recently featured on NPR Music) join forces for an evening of raw bluegrass and roots music featuring original tunes, brother-style duets of old classics, and some fierce mandolin picking and old-time fiddle playing. If you love a good original heartfelt song or enjoy the infectious sounds of mountain grass pickin’ and singing, then don't miss out on this show!

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aaronlipp.com

Tickets: $15

As Wreckless Eric he needs little introduction — he wrote and recorded the classic Whole Wide World and had a hit with it back in 1977. Since then it's been a hit for countless other artists including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and most recently for Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.

As Eric Goulden it's a little more complicated - a musician, artist, writer, recording engineer and producer, he didn’t like either the music business or the mechanics of fame or the name he’d been given to hide behind, so he crawled out of the spotlight and went underground. He went on to release twenty something albums in forty something years under various names - The Len Bright Combo, Le Beat Group Electrique, The Donovan Of Trash, The Hitsville House Band, and with his wife as one half of Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, finally realizing he was stuck with the name Wreckless Eric.

Eric’s three most recent albums ‘amERICa’, Construction Time & Demolition and Transience are widely praised as his best work to date. His albums encapsulate pop, bubblegum, garage trash and psychedelia. His live performance is a sonic journey through time and space incorporating songs from all stages of his long career. Unmasked, unhinged and still alive - a survivor of Covid-19 (resulting in a near-fatal heart attack), Eric presents himself alone if not simply with electric and acoustic guitars, electrified harmonica, piano and electronics of his own making.

"The achievement for Wreckless Eric is to have made new music that connects to old music without maudlin nostalgia or huffy defensiveness, refusing to let age dim the passion for the music that means the most to him. In other words, he rocks."
– Ken Tucker, FRESH AIR / NPR

"burns like a lost Crazy Horse classic."
– Ben Graham, SHINDIG!

"a scarily powerful and forward-moving musical threat."
– David Quantick, MOJO MAGAZINE

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Tickets: $20

Charlie Ballantine is a music maker who lives in the world. That may be a strange way to springboard into what should be your typical music focused press release, but Charlie is no typical musician. First off, he is a critically acclaimed, supremely talented jazz guitarist. In fact, he's the Professor of Guitar at the University of Indianapolis and Professor of Guitar at Marian University, also in Indianapolis. As a teacher it is Charlie’s duty to know, and to point to the vast repertoires of those he calls predecessors and those who have also stood as guiding lights for his students.

The palette reaches beyond the classroom, setting the output of such legendary figures as Kurt Vonnegut and Bob Dylan, among others, to new interpretation. 2018’s Life Is Brief: The Music Of Bob Dylan, garnered particular praise, Indy’s National Road Magazine musing, “Therein lies the beauty of Ballantine. Don’t try to guess what tune he’s covering. The fact that you couldn’t come up with the name is what makes his work incredible.”

Therein lies the distinction between your run-of-the-mill tribute record and the sort of thing Ballantine does best. The material gets shot through a veritable cannon of re-envisioning. In effect, the genius of these historic works, like the repertoire at hand, are not disrupted. In fact, on the other side, there is a reveal of a brand new dimension of the original work.

It is with this in mind that we present, Reflections/Introspection: The Music Of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Ballantine’s homage to the great Thelonious Monk with a body of work laying over a double LP set, one side of which is a tribute to Monk’s trio playing, and the other being a salute to his incredible quartets (Coltrane, Rouse, Griffin, to name a few) as well as each side featuring homages to his solo work.

Reflections/Introspection: The Music Of Thelonious Monk will be released on September 17, 2021 on Green Mind Records. Watch the music video for the first single, 'Brilliant Corners.'

Charlie Ballantine (guitar) will be joined by John Sims (bass) and Chris Parker (drums) for this live, in-store performance.

Tickets: $20

The Nu Band is a dynamic group of world class artists - all of whom lead a number of groups, play and record with a variety of world-class musicians, and compose.

Since Thomas Heberer joined the Nu Band after the untimely death of Roy Campbell in January 2014 the band has done three European tours, numerous concerts in the northeast U.S. and produced two extraordinary cds on Not Two Records; Live In Geneva and The Cosmological Constant (In Memory of Roy Campbell, Jr.).

Featuring:
Lou Grassi - drums
Joe Fonda - bass
Kenny Wessel - guitar

The Christoph Irniger Trio celebrates melody without once degenerating into the trivial. They are tone poems which demonstrate that accessible melodies and complex tonal worlds need not be mutually exclusive and can in fact make sense of each other. Irniger is a master of orchestration and rejects the hierarchy of soloist-plus-rhythm. Instead of using the compositions as springboards for solos, he finds interesting ways for the improvisations to underline the compositional characteristics. Melody, arrangement, improvisation: the trio fuse them all into one tightly integrated and alluring package,’ writes American jazz critic Kevin Whitehead.

In the current setting the band plays as quartet with saxophone player Michaël Attias - who was a member of bands of Paul Motian, Ralph Alessi and Kris Davis amongst others - and presents together the album "Open City" which was released in September 2020 on Intakt Records.

The Christoph Irniger Trio was formed in 2012, with Raffaele Bossard on double bass and Ziv Ravitz on percussion. With Gowanus Canal (2012) and Octopus (2015) they have delivered two exemplary albums. The trio can be compared with an equilateral triangle; Raffaele Bossard, born 1982 in Los Angeles, raised and educated in Zug (Switzerland), and Ziv Ravitz, born 1976 Be’er Scheva in Israel, currently living in Paris, sit eye to eye with Irniger, born 1979 in Zurich (Switzerland). They are not only eminent technicians, they are also adept at interplay, like sleepwalkers. With illustrious guests - as also Loren Stillman (born 1980) and Nils Wogram (born 1972) on the record - Christoph Irniger’s trio creates music which unites intelligence and passion, timeless yet up to date.

Featuring:
Christoph Irniger, ts
Michael Attias, as
Raffaele Bossard, b
Ziv Ravitz, dr

Talk about a power trio. Drummer Harvey Sorgen has played with a host of jazz greats, including Ahmad Jamal, Dave Douglas, and Anthony Braxton. But that's not half of it: On the pop side, Sorgen's worked with Hot Tuna, Bob Weir, The Allman Brothers Band, and many more. Saxophonist Erik Lawrence has a similar cross-genre resume, having worked with jazz artists Tony Levin, Steven Bernstein, and Pete Levin as well as pop stars Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, and Mavis Staples. Rounding out the trio is bassist Michael Bisio, who has worked extensively with Matthew Shipp while occasionally playing with others ranging from Jason Kao Hwang to DJ Spooky.

–Ron Netsky, CITY Newspaper

Rob Garcia 4 is a working group that has been, "among the vanguard of modern jazz" (The NYC Jazz Record) since 2009. Garcia has led them through performances at major venues and festivals around the world such as Smalls Jazz Club (NYC), The Kitano (NYC), Firehouse 12 (New Haven, CT), The Rex (Toronto), Ronnie Scott’s (London) Jamboree (Barcelona), The Toronto Jazz Festival, The Kingston Jazz Festival and the Ottawa International Jazz Festival. The group has released 5 critically acclaimed albums, 4 albums on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records and 1 on Fresh Sound Records. Garcia continues to compose and arrange new material for the group keeping the energy fresh and inspired.

“A prime mover in the current Brooklyn jazz scene” (Time Out-New York) and "one of New York’s great jazz drummers and composers,” (Capital New York), Rob Garcia continues to be a strong presence in the New York and international jazz scene as a sideman and bandleader. He has collaborated with such stellar artists as Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, Myra Melford, Joseph Jarman, Kris Davis, Anat Cohen, Vince Giordano, Reggie Workman and Wycliffe Gordon. He has played on over 70 albums including Grammy winners.

Rob has also been a major force in artist-run jazz organizations. He is the founder and artistic director of Connection Works, a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground and a founding member of the Douglass Street Music Collective.

Featuring:
Noah Preminger - tenor saxophone
Leo Genovese - piano
Kim Cass - bass
Rob Garcia - drums

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.

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The White Hots have been a Rochester, NY institution for over 20 years. Their takes on swingin’ jazz and smooth blues feature the fabulous vocals of Tina Albright. Add two great guitar players (Steve Greene & Aleksandar Disljenkovic), a bass player (Wayne Naylor), a drummer (Bill Blind) and presto… The White Hots!

“‘Bending And Breaking’ is percussionist and composer Aaron Staebell's debut as a bandleader; a debut filled with energy, enthusiasm, and invention, signaling the appearance of yet another talented newcomer on the scene. …

… As well as musical ability, ‘Bending And Breaking’ demonstrates Staebell's welcome sense of humor. It's in his sleeve notes... and in titles like "Nobody Reads Your Blog." It's also in the music, such as the jaunty fairground organ that suddenly appears midway through ‘Grumbleboxx.’ Surprises like that give ‘Bending And Breaking’ added spark, and make Staebell's emerging presence doubly welcome.”
– Bruce Lindsat, AllAboutJazz

Ten years ago, drummer Aaron Staebell assembled a powerhouse group of fellow Eastman School of Music classmates to record what became a locally beloved record, Bending And Breaking.

With all five original band members together in the same city for the first time in a decade, Bop Shop Records is proud to host this special 10-year reunion show featuring some spectacular home-grown talent. Armed with new skills, experience, and taste, the group is poised to tackle familiar tunes with fresh ears.

Featuring:
Aaron Staebell - drums
Dave Chisholm - trumpet
Chris Ziemba - piano
Ben Thomas - bass
Doug Stone - tenor sax

“full of interplay between spiky glistening surfaces — like an El Anatsui work rendered as music.”
– Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

“entrancing… deep, sonorous melody and harmony, and a beautiful ensemble feeling.”
– Nate Chinen, WBGO / The Checkout

Chris Dingman is a vibraphonist and composer known for his distinctive approach to the instrument: sonically rich and conceptually expansive, bringing listeners on a journey to a beautiful, transcendent place. He has done significant work with legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter as well as next generation visionaries such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda May Han Oh, Steve Lehman, and many others, performing around the world including India, Vietnam, and extensively in Europe and North America.

Chris Dingman’s Trio is a platform of exploration for new sonic possibilities, merging jazz and global influences in the context of trance-inducing grooves and instinctive group rapport. Featuring the impeccable rhythm team of bassist Keith Witty and drummer Allan Mednard, the trio serves up a strong sense of atmosphere and wonder, emotion and playfulness, all centered around Dingman’s expansive approach to composition and the vibes. The trio’s album, Embrace, was released in 2020 to great critical acclaim. 

Personnel:
Chris Dingman - vibraphone
Keith Witty - bass
Allan Mednard - drums

“Like all great blues men, MacLeod lives his music, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue, they are one with his being.”   – Blues Music Magazine

“One of the great blues artists……period!”   – Jorma Kaukonen

Doug MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug MacLeod performance is his knack for storytelling, bringing characters-from the faceless to the legendary-to strikingly real life.  Doug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year ‘Break The Chain’. He is nominated for the 2021 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year.

His new album with producer Jim Gaines will be released in 2021.

This concert is presented by Bop Shop Records and hosted by Lovin’ Cup Bistro & Brews.

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00-11:00pm
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 day of show

Bobby Henrie and Aaron Lipp – aka the Lonesome Hillside Brothers – were drawn together by a mutual love of Doc Watson and flatpicking guitar tunes. With classic harmonies, fiddle and banjo duets, originals and all kinds of roots music, they show tremendous respect for musical traditions. They honor their heroes and take it further. They’ll be joined by Bobby’s brother Douglas Henrie on upright bass.

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This concert is presented by Bop Shop Records & Bop Arts, Inc.

An award winning banjo player, a square dance fiddler, and a cherished songwriter, Benny Bleu lives up to the truest form of folk music – made by the folks, for the folks. His latest project, 'Swatting the Flies' started as a pandemic project. Bits and pieces of recordings made in a bayside cabin in Maine just as the first wave and shut-in was upon us.

As the project progressed, Benny incorporated old ideas which had been on the shelf for years and new obsessions (namely Cajun and La-La rhythms) to produce his second full-length album. Several cuts from the CD are instrumental banjo, fiddle, and fingerstyle blues guitar pieces, made entirely by Benny while holed up in seclusion. And a handful of collaborations with good friends highlight and cornerstone the record. He brings his trio to Bop Shop Records on July 1 to play cuts from the new album and other chestnuts sure to motivate the limbs and exercise the mind.

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Suggested donation: $10

Mask Policy

In accordance with the latest CDC guidelines, unvaccinated individuals must continue to mask up and practice physical distancing.

The artistic paths and creative projects of drummer Tomas Fujiwara, guitarist Mary Halvorson, and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum have been deeply entwined for over fifteen years, while each has established a reputation as a leading figure in their generation’s creative music community.

Since first connecting in Bynum’s Trio and Sextet in 2005, the three musicians have played together on hundreds of concerts and dozens of recordings, including with Fujiwara’s Triple Double, Bynum’s 9-tette and PlusTet, the collective quartets Illegal Crowns (with pianist Benoit Delbecq) and The Thirteenth Assembly (with violist Jessica Pavone), and in the Chicago meets NYC all-star band Living By Lanterns. In addition, Fujiwara and Halvorson work together in Thumbscrew, the Out Louds, Fujiwara’s The Hook Up and Halvorson’s Code Girl; Fujiwara and Bynum have maintained a duo for over two decades; and Halvorson and Bynum have shared the stage on multiple Anthony Braxton ensembles, including his long-running Diamond Curtain Wall Trio.

As the world slowly emerges from the pandemic, the Fujiwara/Halvorson/Bynum trio will be making their first tour as a trio in over a decade, 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.

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Tickets: $20 per seat. Payments will be collected at the door for this performance.

"Sarian's trumpet literally speaks"
- Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz

Born in Toronto and raised in Buenos Aires, Michael Sarian relocated to New York City in 2012 to pursue a master’s degree in Jazz Studies at New York University, where he studied with great musicians such as Laurie Frink, Alan Ferber, Brad Shepik, Ralph Alessi and Mike Rodriguez.  Michael has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, BRIC JazzFest, Getxo Blues Festival, Blue Note Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Beacon Theater, Central Park SummerStage, Teatro Colón, has appeared on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer, NPR's World Cafe, and many more.

His fourth album as a bandleader, New Aurora, released September 4 with ears&eyes Records, features a new acoustic quartet with Michael's horn at the fore-front. His three previous releases are with his septet Michael Sarian & The Chabones  (Argentine slang for 'the dudes'), most recently LEÓN in August of 2018 with ZOHO Music.

LIVE, IN-PERSON concert! A recording of this performance will be available to watch on our YouTube channel after the event.

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Limited seats available. Seats MUST be reserved online prior to the event.

Suggested donation: $10

Mask Policy

In accordance with the latest CDC guidelines, unvaccinated individuals must continue to mask up and practice physical distancing.