The Texas-based Bobby Falk Group joins us for their BOP STOP debut. Tickets for tonight are $20 each.

Featuring:

• Chris Borin-trumpet
• Aaron Irwinsky-saxophones
• Bobby Falk-drums
• Jeff Furgo-keyboard
• Gannon Phillips-electric bass

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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The Bobby Falk group is a contemporary jazz group based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, performing original music and contemporary jazz. Bobby Falk is the drummer/leader since 2006, upon starting the group in Louisville, KY, and relocating to Dallas, TX in the summer of 2015. The group primarily focuses on material blending modern and traditional jazz, with fusion

influences ranging from Pat Metheny, Kenny Garrett, Rick Margitza, Michael Brecker and Steps Ahead. In addition to Bobby’s acclaimed original music, the group features writing from the other band members on a consistent basis.

The Bobby Falk group has released four full-length albums of original material (Samuel street songs, A New day, With my Dallas friends, Coming to Fruition), and have performed locally and nationally, across the country at acclaimed events and festivals.

In addition to local club/private performances, the group has been selected to perform at the Huntingburg Jazz fest (2013), Lexington library concert series (2014), Katy Jazz festival (2017), Durant jazz festival @ Southeastern Oklahoma State university (2018 and 2023), Fort Worth main street arts festival (2017-present), Denton Jazz and Arts festival (2016-present), Fort Worth library jazz concert series (2017), Grapevine “Grapefest” (2022), Denison jazz festival (2022,2023) and Granbury Jazz fest (2022).

In addition to also performing at many esteemed music programs and University jazz programs, The Bobby Falk group also was invited to perform at the 13th annual JEN convention (Jazz Education Network) January 2022 in Dallas, TX.

Music of the Bobby Falk group is available on Itunes, Spotify, google music, Amazon, CD baby, YouTube, and other streaming platforms. “Coming to Fruition” is the group’s most recent release in September 2023- accompanied by CD release tour throughout Texas, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana (October 2023).

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Drummer Bobby Falk is a Louisville, KY native, who grew up in a musical family. Father Gary Falk is a saxophonist and owns local recording studio “Falk Audio”, Mother Dorissa is pianist/organist who taught music for over 30 years in public school. Bobby is a graduate of Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) High school and the University of Louisville jazz studies program, graduating in 2005 with BA Jazz studies (emphasis Percussion). Upon graduating University of Louisville, Bobby started composing music and established the “Bobby Falk group” a contemporary jazz ensemble, in addition to sideman/freelance work in the Kentucky-Indiana area. Bobby has performed with such notables as Lionel Hampton, Lew Soloff, Bobby Shew, Jamey Aebersold, Dave Zoller, Tommy Poole, Phil Woods, Craig Wagner, Curtis Fuller, and Shelley Carrol. Bobby, wife Anne and two boys moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Summer 2015. Bobby put together two different tours throughout the Midwest in October 2022 and a “CD release” tour in October 2023 featuring the group in Tulsa, Nashville, St. Louis, Columbus, Akron, Toledo, New Albany, Indianapolis, Louisville, and another “Texas tour” in October 2023 featuring special guest guitarist Craig Wagner.