Bob Mervak: Gilmore After Dark

When the day’s last Festival concert ends, Gilmore After Dark begins–Kalamazoo invites you to step out and make an evening of it! Enjoy relaxed musical events featuring Gilmore Festival Fellows, WMU Jazz Faculty, graduates, and students, as well as treasured local talents who are a part of our vibrant music scene here in Kalamazoo, throughout the great state of Michigan, and beyond.

Bob Mervak has been an active member of the Detroit music scene for nearly three decades. His unique style encompasses pop and jazz, rootsy indy original songs and Ben Folds-esque intelligent, introspective, and unapologetic compositions. Bob has been a session musician, writer, and arranger on many varied record releases over the years. He was the main composer for fellow Michigander Dax Shepard’s motion picture Hit and Run as well as Shepard’s podcast Armchair Expert, and he was featured as a pianist and vocalist in George Clooney’s political drama The Ides of March.