Craig Alston - Saxophone
Todd Simon - Keyboards
Charles Wilson - Drums
Mike Pope - bass

"Mike Pope was born in the small college town of Bowling Green, Ohio in 1970 to well-trained classical musicians and educators. They brought Mike up to listen to all music with discriminating ears and instilled a profound respect for the art form that brought the spiritual and emotional wealth into their home.

By the age of fifteen, Mike was playing bass with the Bowling Green State University Lab Band and sneaking up to Toledo to play in funky little jazz clubs with guys like Eddie Abrams, an aging, local piano legend who had been loosely associated with Bird and other Bebop giants. With a growing street cred and paying gigs with all the best guys around, Mike knew his future demanded serious refinement so he took off to North Texas State in search of his destiny. It was there that Mike met the musical challenges that he needed to get to the next level. Serendipitously, it was at North Texas that Mike encountered the legendary Michael Brecker who was instrumental in coaxing Mike up to NYC to get his own bite of the Big Apple.

It didn’t take long for the cream to rise to the top and in a blink of an eye Mike was working with some of the brightest stars in and around NYC. And when the people you’ve played with run the gamut from Michael Brecker, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Gil Evans Orchestra and Chick Corea to The Roche Sisters, Manhattan Transfer, Lenny Pickett and Blue Lou Marini, you’re no longer just an instrumentalist or a bass player, you’ve become a musician.

Now living in the Baltimore area, Mike is touring, writing, arranging and practicing music as much as his schedule allows. He’s currently the Creator in Residence at Trickfish Amplification and proprietor of his recording studio, Vatican City Sound, designing exciting new gear and recording music that he loves. Most recently, Mike was invited to join the faculty of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While he puts a lot into the weekly commute to Boston, Mike says it is well worth the opportunity to be among some of the world's finest educators and the future’s most promising students.”

Tickets: $15 advance /$18 door /$10 full time students with ID