Bakai Wine + Tapas and Kiki Wow present Mello Cello on Saturday, September 1, 8pm-10pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

A lightning-quick music imagination, coupled with the technical ability of a strict, classical Russian musical education and training at the Juilliard School of Music, has made Mello Cello a highly desirable member of any ensemble. To date, he has participated in over 400 jam sessions, morphing with styles of over a thousand musicians. In Chicago, Mello was baptized by the legendary Billy Branch at Buddy Guy`s Legends. Mello appeared on Billy's "Blues Shock" album as a Blues Cellist, a historic first. Today, Mello Cello is primarily exploring "groove", or "Why do you involuntarily tap your foot to some music?" There is mystical power in groove, and it is Mello`s mission to unravel its secrets, if only a little bit, all the while making hypnotic and emotionally-engaging music.