Sunday, September 25, 7:30 (door 7): Jake Joliff and Tal Yahalom, Mandolin and Guitar (Tickets $21.50, On-Sale July 4; drop by the store or call 541-345-8986 to reserve )
Jacob Jolliff grew up just south of Portland, OR. He was awarded a full scholarship to The Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2007. Shortly after graduating from Berklee, he won the National Mandolin Championship. In 2014, he joined the progressive bluegrass group, Yonder Mountain String Band. He toured with YMSB until the end of 2019, releasing two albums with them. Currently the mandolinist is focusing on his own group, The Jacob Jolliff Band, which includes some of the most virtuosic young acoustic musicians in the world. With The JJB, he released an album of all original material in 2018 entitled “Instrumentals Vol. 1.”
Tal Yahalom is an Israeli guitarist, composer and bandleader based in Brooklyn, New York since 2014. In his music he seeks to weave a wide spectrum of aesthetic elements into a distinct musical language, exploring the worlds of hard-bop, alternative-rock, impressionistic classical music, free improvisation and contemporary songwriters of various fields. He is committed to creating engaging storytelling, attentive interplay and distinct sonic environments, while expanding on the traditional functions and textural capabilities of the guitar.
Yahalom performed as a semifinalist at the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition, earned 1st place at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival National Guitar Competition, 3rd place at the 2016 Montreux Jazz Festival International Guitar Competition, and received an AICF scholarship award of excellence in 2014-2015. As a leader, he performs regularly with various solo programs, different trio configurations (which featured Dan Weiss, Caroline Davis, Rogerio Boccato and Tom Rainey) and a newly-formed chamber-jazz quintet. Tal has released 3 Solo Guitar EPs to date and is featured on various recordings released on JazzHausMusik (DE) and Out of Your Head Records (US), among others.