Tim Mirth’s Guitar Band is excited to come back to perform at the Bop Stop! They will be presenting new compositions and arrangements, and perhaps even some new guitars. Tickets to this event are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. This event will also be livestreamed on BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and directly support the band.

“This band is really a lot of fun; who knew guitars sounded so nice together?” Tim Mirth says slyly about his guitar band. After years of playing in jazz groups, guitarists rarely get a chance to intermingle with each other as it’s common to have only one harmonic instrument in a group. “I thought, I rather miss playing with other guitarists, we have a unique language we share, and a nice balance mixing our different experiences together that naturally blends together”. Starting guitar in the 90s, there really is a lot of influences that make their way into any guitarist’s language. Presenting a mix of originals and re-arrangements of jazz standards, Tim Mirth's Guitar band approaches the music in an uncommon configuration.

Compositions inspired by the work of musicians such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Wes Montgomery, Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, plus artists as vast as Radiohead, Wagner, Philip Glass, James Brown, and Kendrick Lamar, the band brings together jazz tradition with ears of a modern music fan.

Tim Mirth Guitar Band Consists of:

Brent Hamker on guitar
Bryan Thomas on bass
Tony Kazel on drums
Tim Mirth on guitar

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Cleveland-based guitarist and composer Tim Mirth is an adventurous artist constantly seeking to create, explore, and bring energy into the world. With a seemingly limitless variety of output, it’s the deep love of jazz music and spirit that drives all his various projects. Studying classical and jazz in college and with great musicians such as Steve Adelson, Steve Aron, Jack Schantz, Rodney Jones, Peter Mazza, Bob Fraser, and Chris Crocco, Tim is constantly looking to refine his craft. It's the reaching and seeking from artists like Coltrane, Rosenwinkel, Mingus, and Dolphy that Tim constantly strives to reach, even learning other instruments from as viola to widen his perspectives.

Tim was recently named Modern Guitar Harmony guitarist of the month and has performed throughout the Eastern US and Europe with a variety of groups such as Night Terrors, Stellar Regions, Red Side Visible, and the Tim Mirth trio. He’s been involved in releasing over 10 albums, including some recent recorded projects like Mirth Co-Liberation’s Wayne Shorter Tribute, Red Side Visible’s “A Break from Normality” adventurous odd-time jazz metal, Night Terrors’ “Hear Again?” free jazz/through-composed madness, and fusion power trio Stellar Regions.

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