Chris Mondak — live event
Born in Venezuela, raised in Florida and Illinois, and trained in Boston, jazz bassist and composer Chris Mondak moved to Nashville in 2020 after receiving his B.M. from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with jazz legends Cecil McBee and Dave Holland. A dynamic bassist and performer, Chris has amassed a great deal of time on the road, with two multi-week tours in China, and shows in Mexico, Panama, and over 20 U.S. states. Chris leads quartets and quintets composed of Nashville’s top young jazz musicians. Chris also has been a prolific composer. Upon release of his 2019 CD Eternal Youth, Blurt Magazine commented “with Chris Mondak, the future of jazz is bright indeed.” Chris followed in 2022 with Glass Spheres (Summit Records), which reached #17 on the national NACC jazz chart, and that led All About Jazz to label Chris as “one of the talented young lions of the jazz world today.” Chris’s newest CD, Blank with Colour (Summit Records) is scheduled for a late 2023 release. In addition to eight of Chris’s originals, Blank with Colour features Chris’s take on the Nick Lowe classic “Cruel to Be Kind,” and “Affirmation,” a José Feliciano tune made famous by George Benson. As a composer, Chris has received two international awards—one in Italy in 2023 for “Begetting,” a tune on Blank with Colour, and one in China in 2019 for “Always Smiling,” which Chris recorded and performed during his stint with the Nextgen Jazz Quartet.
Starts: 2024-01-14T18:00:28Z
Ends: 2024-01-14T20:00:28Z
Where: 515 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, United States
Price: $16.68