Instrumental jazz & pop saxophonist, Bob Esterle (8 PM), and guitarist marvel, Teddy Pantelas (9:30 PM), bring each of their bands to the BLU stage for a very special night of live music - one ticket gets you into both shows!
Instrumental jazz & pop saxophonist, Bob Esterle (8 PM), and guitarist marvel, Teddy Pantelas (9:30 PM), bring each of their bands to the BLU stage for a very special night of live music - one ticket gets you into both shows!
ESTO JAZZ (8PM-9:30PM)
Instrumental jazz & pop group, Esto Jazz, is a group of musicians who enjoy playing a variety of feel-good music. The goal of the group is to play music that is recognizable but is pliable enough to be stretched in various ways. They also perform a variety of originals written by saxophonist & bandleader, Bob Esterle (bandleader/saxophonist).
Bob has performed in a wide variety of musical groups from symphony orchestras to jazz big bands throughout the Midwest. He has backed up such popular artists as Bobby Caldwell, Olivia Newton-John, Sandy Duncan, Ray Charles, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Frankie Avalon, Martha Reeves, The Platters, The Fifth Dimension, The Four Lads, Rich Little, Joan Rivers, Guy Lombardo, Hal Linden and Red Skelton. He has also performed for Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
TEDDY PANTELAS (9:30PM-11PM)
Teddy Pantelas is a self taught guitarist since the age of 6. A private instructor, he has also been on the faculty of the Allegheny Music Festival and Montessori School System and has been the Musician in Residence at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Ohio and North side Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio for the last five years using the Healing Art of Music for the patients and their families.
Pantelas has performed extensively throughout the greater Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania region with such artists as Jack McDuff, Snooky Young, Vanessa Rubin, Jeri Brown, Steve Wilson, Jim Walker, Jimmy Ponder, Greg Bandy, Eddie Baccus, Sean Jones, Jamey Haddad, John Fedchock, Phil Keaggy, In Time, and Kenny Blake.
He has recorded CDs with Glass Harp “Strings Attached”, drummer Darrell Alexander, Damian Knapp “Will You Cry When I Die”, Jim Jeffery “So Cold, and vocalist Siri Pursey. He also has recorded his own CD “Teddy Pantelas Trio” with bassist Jeff Grubbs and drummer Olivia Sci which features his own music. An accomplished composer, his originals set him apart from any other contemporary jazz guitarist.
Join us for dinner & drinks as we bring our “Double Feature Friday” show back to BLU – get your tickets now!