Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord 20th Anniversary Show

Fri, Oct 25

Join us for a live taping and listening-room concert for Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord 20th Anniversary Show! Jon Lundbom (it's his birthday!) - Guitar Jon Irabagon - Saxophone Bryan "Balto Exclamationpoint" Murray - Saxophone Moppa Elliott - Bass Dan Monaghan - Drums Just over twenty years ago, guitarist Jon Lundbom (it's his birthday!) dropped out of the Manhattan School of Music and released his debut album: 2003's "Big Five Chord." Following the release - featuring Jon's childhood friend Jon Irabagon and new bestie Moppa Elliott (Mostly Other People do the Killing) - Big Five Chord began performing in and around NYC, touring, and recording new music. Over the past twenty years, Big Five Chord (and their alter-ego Bryan & the Haggards) have released over a dozen recordings and performed hundreds of shows. And now, they are reuniting for a twentieth anniversary show at Monks Jazz. “Olympic-caliber guitar gymnastics [★★★★]” – Bob Gendron, ‘Downbeat’ “Pure jazz with rock attitude” – Mark Corroto, ‘All About Jazz’ “Intense, unpredictable guerrilla jazz” – S. Victor Aaron, ‘Something Else’ “Pan-genre experimentalism that defies pigeon-holing” – Tim Niland, ‘Music and More’ “Bringing new ideas to what jazz guitar can be” – Paul Acquaro, ‘Free Jazz Blog’ “Will challenge the listener to think differently…genre defying, barrier pushing” – Dr. Matt Warnock, ‘Guitar International’ www.JonLundbom.com www.Facebook.com/BigFiveChord www.Instagram.com/JonLundbom