Join us as we welcome pianist Dave Solazzo and his trio, The Bridge. Dave has been a mainstay of Central New York's music scene for over two decades. The group will be promoting their debut album, Locrian Skye. Tickets for tonight are $20 each.

Featuring:

• Dave Solazzo, piano
• Matthew Vacant, bass
• Bill D'Agostino, drums

This event will also be livestreamed on BOP STOP's Youtube Channel at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and directly support the band.

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Dave Solazzo teaches jazz piano at Cornell University and has played and recorded with jazz luminaries such as Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli, Joel Frahm and Jon Gordon at venues like the Savannah Jazz Festival, the Syracuse Jazz Fest and The Flatiron Room in New York City.

Bassist Matthew Vacanti and drummer Bill D’Agostino comprise the rhythm section known as “The Bridge.” They have worked together and separately for over three decades, laying down foundations for Joey DeFrancisco, Ron Jackson, Kevin Mahogany, The Temptations and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, to name a few.

These three exceptional first call sidemen combined to become leaders of their own, developing original compositional ideas. After a single rehearsal, they simply booked a studio and hit record. The three had never played together as a unit before recording but the resulting music on Locrian Skye, the group's debut record, is raw, real and in the moment. It is a loose, spontaneous collaboration that captures a uniquely original take on the Post Bop sound.

“I think we went for it in the studio, stretching, and taking chances,” said Solazzo. Coming from a traditional background, Solazzo was raised on Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly. However, progressive jazz musicians like Ben Wendel, Brad Mehldau and David Binney were also huge influences. “We wanted to put some of those elements into the music -- the elasticity of time, the unconventional harmonies, the group interplay.”