Bobby Falk's Texas Tour Kickoff with Craig Wagner - Live at Monks

Wed, Oct 04

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for the Bobby Falk Quintet with Craig Wagner! Bobby Falk - Drums Aaron Irwinsky - Saxophones Chris Borin - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Jeff Plant - Bass Jeff Furgo - Piano Craig Wagner - Guitar 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, 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 three full-length albums of original material (Samuel street songs, A New day, With my Dallas friends), 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), 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), Granbury Jazz fest (2022), and the 13th annual JEN convention (Jazz Education Network) January 2022 in Dallas, TX. Craig Wagner is recognized as one of the most versatile young guitarists on the scene today.  Equally at home in many styles, Craig has played at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, the New Orleans Jazz Festival and HullabaLOU, as well as more intimate settings such as the Blue Note, the Knitting Factory, CBCG’s, and more. As a faculty member at the University of Louisville, Craig has been a performer/clinician in Poland and Brazil and has performed with many jazz luminaries including Lee Konitz, Dave Samuels, and Bill Watrous. His work has been featured in publications such as Guitar Player, Guitar One, Acoustic Guitar, Just Jazz Guitar, 20th Century Guitar, Vintage Guitar, Keyboard Magazine and many others. From 1998 to 2000, Craig toured and recorded with platinum-selling rock band Days of the New and made MTV appearances with the group.