Fri Aug 28
Otherworld
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
Otherworld
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Jake Kohlhas, guitar
Jake Marinari, percussion
Chris Taylor, bass
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
Contemporary jazz quartet blends jazz, classical and Middle Eastern influences in original compositions with an emphasis on improvisation, played on a mix of acoustic and electric instruments. Their three albums, “Otherworld”, “The Realm” and “Breathing Room” all received Global Music Awards. Initial recording sessions for their upcoming fourth album took place in June. http://www.otherworldjazz.com/
Pianist Jeffrey Chappell has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally with major symphony orchestras and at venues including Carnegie Hall. He has appeared at jazz festivals such as the East Coast Jazz Festival and Key West International. A recording artist, award-winning composer and bestselling author, he is Professor Emeritus at Goucher College where he was Director of Jazz Studies and is on the faculty of Levine Music in Washington, D.C. He studied with Leon Fleisher, Rudolf Serkin, Eleanor Sokoloff, and Jane Allen. His mother played Chopin and his father played boogie-woogie. jeffreychappell.com
Guitarist Jake Kohlhas is a Baltimore-based guitarist, composer and educator. He graduated from Goucher College, where he currently teaches, with a B.A. in Jazz Studies. His projects include the hip-hop/jazz/fusion collective J. Pope And The HearNow and contemporary jazz quartet Otherworld. In 2019 he led various jazz trios as part of the “Emerging Artist Series” at The Bar Next Door in NYC. With J. Pope And The HearNow he has performed on the main stage at Baltimore’s Artscape, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, and at the BSO in Baltimore.
Chris Taylor is a Baltimore-based electric bassist whose passion for music is driven by performance and composition. With a BA in Psychology from Goucher College, Chris served as a volunteer music mentor and private instructor for youth and adults locally and abroad, including with organizations such as Baltimore's Yo Academy, ArtSinitiative in Riverdale, MD, Park School, and the Open Music School in Berlin, Germany. Among the groups he has performed, recorded and toured with are American singersongwriter Bosley, funk and soul artist Joe Keyes and The Late Bloomer Band, and contemporary jazz quartet Otherworld.
Percussionist Jake Marinari is the founder of Charm City Music School and serves on faculty of Goucher College as a drum set instructor. Jake earned a Bachelor of Music as a scholarship student at Goucher College, where he was awarded the Robert Hall Louis Prize for extraordinary achievement in music. He has recorded multiple award-winning albums and performed throughout North America and Europe with soul musician Bosley, and contemporary jazz quartet Otherworld. He studied frame drum and darbuka with percussionist Yshai Afterman in Israel, guitar with Pete Smyer and Jake Kohlhas, saxophone with Richard Orr and Lamont Caldwell, piano with Jeffrey Chappell, and drumset with Ed Nardi, Nick Wight, Wes Crawford, Dr. N. Scott Robinson, Mark Moshayev, Daniel Glass, and Frank Russo.
7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/5:30 pm MT/4:30 pm PT/11:30 pm GMT
In-person: $20 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Advance ticket sales end 1 hr. prior to show. Purchase remaining tickets at door.
Attendees receive link to the recording to view for one week after concert.
Streaming Cost" $15
Llink will be revealed 15 mins before show & will remain active through Sept 4
Donations welcome
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream