Calendar of Events AUGUST ART EXHIBITION August 1 - 31, 2008 Doug Wise-Photographer >>View Image Viewing a photography exhibit of works by Doug Wise is like taking a visual tour of some of the most picturesque National Parks and forests to be found in these United States. A life-long hobbyist the former hunter now hunts with a Cannon AE-1, tripod and other tools adding a good 15 pounds to the backpack he uses on frequent trips. He shares his rich collection (which includes shots of baby bison, mountain goats, bears, wolves and heron) in an exhibit at 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar and Gallery from August 3 through September 3, 2008. He has seen first hand many of the creatures he studied while earning a bachelor of science degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management at Frostburg University in 1984.The exhibit spans two decades of travel since then. Opening reception is Sunday, August 3rd from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. August 2008 For reservations to all shows, please call 410.626.9796. 08.01.2008 - Friday Tom Mitchell &Robert Redd 8:00 PM - 11:00 AM A show you don't want to miss! Tom Mitchell is a hard driving swing/jazz guitar player and singer. His "true to style" interpretations of this music make him a much sought after performer and teacher. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.02.2008 - Saturday Izzi Does It 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The music of Izzi Does It spans an array of styles including jazz, blues and latin and is reminiscent of the jazz played at New York's Five Spot and Village Vanguard during Cool Jazz Era. When Izzi Does It performs, the music is delivered with soul, conviction and heartfelt emotion. Stimulating rhythms, beautiful melodies and exciting arrangements combine to set this musical group apart from the crowd. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.03.2008 - Sunday Gary & Leah 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM GARY WRIGHT & LEAH WEISS play roots-Americana music. Drawing from the traditions of Appalachian old-time and country music, their repertoire is a blend of originals, reinvented traditional songs and tunes, and innovative contemporary covers. Driving fiddle lines and tight harmony singing are trademarks of their sound. No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.03.2008 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Jonathan brings bossa nova right here to Annapolis! Great Brazilian jazz! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 08.04.2008 - Monday Ben's Bones 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM Ben's Bones, a northeast regional band from Annapolis Maryland, has been playing their exciting brand of acoustic rock at many of the area's best clubs for over 2 years. They've opened for bands such as the Gin Blossoms, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dick Dale, The Presidents of the United States of America, and The Church. Frontman Dan Haas has recorded with members of the Barenaked Ladies and Guster. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.05.2008 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.06.2008 - Wednesday Joe Byrd Jam 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM A great jam session with special guests! $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.07.2008 - Thursday Rob Levit Group 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM Guitarist, composer and educator Rob Levit has been described by the Ottawa International Jazz Festival as "...one of the finest young guitarists on today's jazz scene." $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.08.2008 - Friday Kennan O'meara 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 08.09.2008 - Saturday Jordan Tice & Friends 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Jordan will be performing with Mike Munford 2 SHOWS 8PM & 10PM $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.10.2008 - Sunday Swing Brothers 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Jazz duo with two members of Unified Jazz Ensemble No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.11.2008 - Monday 12 Voices @ 49 West 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Stephanie Corby plays 12 Voices at 49 West w/Val Nebbia. Stephanie Corby’s website: http://www.stephaniecorby.com/. Val Nebbia’s website: http://www.valnebbia.com/. Show starts at 7:30pm, David Glaser opens. $12.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.12.2008 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.13.2008 - Wednesday Joe Byrd Jam 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM A great jam seesion you don't want to miss! $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.14.2008 - Thursday Rob Levit Group 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM Guitarist, composer and educator Rob Levit has been described by the Ottawa International Jazz Festival as "...one of the finest young guitarists on today's jazz scene." $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.15.2008 - Friday Alex Gordan 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.16.2008 - Saturday Intimate Jazz w/ JOe Byrd 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM ROBERT REDD on the grand piano & JOE BYRD on his 1865 Gemunder bass *Photo taken by Dimitro Fotos www.photosbyfotos.com $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.17.2008 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Jonathan brings bossa nova right here to Annapolis! Great Brazilian jazz! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 08.18.2008 - Monday Ben's Bones 8:30 PM - 11:00 AM Ben's Bones, a northeast regional band from Annapolis Maryland, has been playing their exciting brand of acoustic rock at many of the area's best clubs for over 2 years. They've opened for bands such as the Gin Blossoms, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dick Dale, The Presidents of the United States of America, and The Church. Frontman Dan Haas has recorded with members of the Barenaked Ladies and Guster. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.19.2008 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.20.2008 - Wednesday Pam & Paula 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Classical duo No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 08.20.2008 - Wednesday Frank & Amy 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The Amy Shook/Frank Russo Quartet (Shook, Russo & Young) new recording has just been finished. We're thinking of calling it "Finger Food" and it features guest trumpet star Greg Gisbert. This is straight ahead modern jazz originals from Amy and her husband/saxophonist Pat Shook. $5.50 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.21.2008 - Thursday Rob Levit Group 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM Guitarist, composer and educator Rob Levit has been described by the Ottawa International Jazz Festival as "...one of the finest young guitarists on today's jazz scene." $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.22.2008 - Friday The Fitz-Maurice Band 8:00 PM - 9:30 AM 2 SHOWS 8 & 10PM The Fitzmaurice Band plays the entire spectrum of this traditional music from the high and lonesome sounds of Bill Monroe and old time gospel hymns to contemporary bluegrass. The band is comprised of Maria & Sarah Fitzmaurice, Brandon Snellings, Mike Simms and Ethan Hughes. Identical twins Maria & Sarah Fitzmaurice have been singing together since they were very young. Their first singing experiences were with the church choir and later at parties and family functions. Their voices (Maria’s smokey alto and Sarah’s pure, soaring soprano) blend together beautifully is sibling harmony for a “bluesgrass” sound that is uniquely their own. Maria handles the rhythm guitar for the group and Sarah has just taken over playing bass. $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.23.2008 - Saturday Swinging Swamis 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The Swingin' Swamis perform an eclectic set of jazz and world rhythms. From 1930's jazz to 1970's funk and everything in between, it is the band's goal to present to listeners a wide range of popular as well as lesser-known music. $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.24.2008 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Jonathan brings bossa nova right here to Annapolis! Great Brazilian jazz! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 08.25.2008 - Monday Taylor Carson Band 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM What do you get when you cross an acoustic guitar-playing singer-songwriter said to evoke Dave Matthews and John Mayer with a distinctive style of music that seamlessly blends rock, reggae, folk, bluegrass and funk influences? You get Arlington, VA-based Taylor Carson who, along with bandmates Patrick Thornton (bass) and Jamie Watkins (drums), is set to release his second album, Tangled in Truth, in March 2007. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.26.2008 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.27.2008 - Wednesday The Rachel Franklin Trio 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM "Classical and jazz pianist Rachel Franklin teams up with fretless bassist Jonathan Miles Brown and drummer Alan Kirschenbaum for a fresh, contemporary look at some jazz classics, standards and not-so-standards." $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.28.2008 - Thursday Rob Levit Group 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM Guitarist, composer and educator Rob Levit has been described by the Ottawa International Jazz Festival as "...one of the finest young guitarists on today's jazz scene." $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.29.2008 - Friday Victoria Vox 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM In May of 2003, she founded her own label, Obus Music, and took to the road full time, sharing her songs and infectious smile from Los Angeles to London. In the fall of 2004, Vox was given a ukulele and immediately began writing songs on the toy-like instrument. In February of 2006, Vox released Victoria Vox and Her Jumping Flea to rave reviews. On her first Hawaiian tour in support of the album, Vox was offered sponsorship by KoAloha Ukuleles out of Honolulu. Jumping Flea has been featured on NPR’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge”, the song “America” was used on A&E’s Random 1 and indie films Lost in Woonsocket and Westbound, and “My Darlin’ Beau” was awarded runner-up in the International Acoustic Music Awards. She was also included in Relix Magazine’s list of artists to watc $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.30.2008 - Saturday Her, Him & I 9:00 PM - 12:00 PM Her, Him & I.....acoustic americana! $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.31.2008 - Sunday Swing Brothers 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Jazz duo with two members of Unified Jazz Ensemble No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.31.2008 - Sunday Adrian Bond 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Fabulous original avant garde electronica with both acoustic and electronic. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 08.31.2008 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Jonathan brings bossa nova right here to Annapolis! Great Brazilian jazz! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top