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Chris Coles’ Quest Continues With “Love Deamon Song Cycle”

Published 13 October, 2026 By John Chacona

One of the most quoted lines from Naruto, the Japanese anime epic, is “Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves.” Cleveland-born, Akron saxophonist and educator Chris Coles is such a “Naruto” fan that he wrote an album-length work, Love Deamon Song Cycle, released last Friday on Hidden Cinema Records, about it.

But when he takes the stage at BOP STOP Saturday with his Gleam ensemble, he’ll do more than just play music inspired by the Japanese anime epic, he’ll embody everything that quote represents.

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Tremont Concert Explores UnchARTed Territory Saturday

Published 15 September, 2026 By John Chacona
Addison Frei, Todd Coolman, T.J. Reddick, Omar Lateef, Charles Pillow
from left: Addison Frei, Todd Coolman, T.J. Reddick, Omar Lateef, Charles Pillow

One way to look at the music world is as a gigantic Indra’s Net, a web of connections where any one musician can be linked to any other with just a few degrees of separation. It’s not only a cool topic for the post-gig hang. It can be the catalyst that brings players together and catalyze the magic that happens on the bandstand.

That’s the story behind a concert Saturday presented by Arts Renaissance Tremont that features five New York-based players, none of whom seem to have played with any of the others. The concert, appropriately dubbed UnchARTed Territory, is Saturday at Pilgrim Congregational Church.

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