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The image you see above wasn’t scraped from Kate McGarry‘s iCloud Photos account nor is it a promo shot, strictly speaking. But as a visual representation of the homey, intimate vibe you’re likely encounter when McGarry, Keith Ganz and Gary Versace visit Bop Stop Thursday night (sans doggo), it’s perfect.
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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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Local fans of rock, r&b, hip-hop and pop might wonder why northeast Ohio seldom gets the big-name tours anymore. Point taken, but please forgive the region’s jazz fans for gloating a bit as two of the biggest names in their favorite genre aim high-profile tours right at Cleveland this week.
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It’s the question on the mind of everyone who has heard Nicole Zuraitis’ new double album The Devil I Knew: Who is this titular man who did her wrong? You might get the answer Thursday when Zuraitis comes to Edwin’s, and if you do, you might be in for a surprise.
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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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