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Brian Courage is our resident curator for three Monday nights in October (2nd, 16th, 30th)! This week features Fire Bell and BC Quartet.

Set 1: BC Quartet

Bryan Murray (saxophones) // Toivo Hannigan (guitar) // Brian Courage (bass) // JT Bates (drums)

Set 2: Fire Bell

Park Evans (guitar) // Graydon Peterson (bass) // Jay Epstein (drums)

"With their impressive debut release, Impossible Vacation, Firebell establishes itself not only as a stellar post-bop modern electric guitar/bass/drum jazz trio, but also as a unified and innovative band, drawing upon the wealth of experience and musical sensibility of its three members. Firebell consists of three veteran musicians that have been playing together and creating music since 2009: Park Evans on electric guitar, Graydon Peterson on bass, and Jay Epstein on drums." - All About Jazz

Originally from Long Island, NY, bassist Brian Courage has spent the last decade as an integral part of the creative music scenes in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, and now Chicago, where he currently resides. He has performed alongside an extensive array of nationally acclaimed improvisers, including Greg Ward, Jon Irabagon, Lew Tabackin, David Hazeltine, Jason Stein, Weasel Walter, Michael Lewis, Erik Fratzke, Russ Johnson, JT Bates, and Billy Mintz. Brian is adept at a wide range of styles and has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, renowned vocal quartet The Four Freshmen, the Chicago Tap Theater, and the New York based Americana / blues rock band Hollis Brown, with whom he toured the US and Europe extensively. His most recent creative endeavor is Abhorrent Expanse, a fully improvised metal band. Their debut album "Gateways to Resplendence" has been featured in prominent outlets including Decibel, Metal Injection, Burning Ambulance, and Wire Magazine.