Calendar of Events FEBRUARY ART EXHIBITION February 1 - 28, 2010 Ashley Cooke Ashley's show will continue through the month of February. There will not be a reception for this show. Opening reception is Sunday, February 7th from 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM. February 2010 For reservations to all shows, please call 410.626.9796. 02.01.2010 - Monday Dan Haas w/ Ben's Bones 8:30 PM - 11:00 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 02.02.2010 - Tuesday 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 02.03.2010 - Wednesday Starr's Jazz Jam 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Joe Byrd Jam becomes STARR’S JAZZ JAM!! Our popular jam sessions at 49 WEST café continue under the new leadership of JOHN STARR, with the help of Dick Glass, Tom Korth, Jim Lester & Robert Redd on piano! Bill McHenry continues as our house drummer. And how is this going to work? Well, both Dick, Tom and John play bass and piano, so one of them will always be on bass and they will trade off on other instruments. Local musicians and singers will continue to sit in. It’s an ever-changing show!! Note on the calendar below that STARR’S JAZZ JAM will be the first and third Wednesday nights of each month, all year long! $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.04.2010 - 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 02.05.2010 - Friday Hot Club of DC 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Hot Club of DC is the premier Gypsy Jazz band in the DC area. Guitars, Violin, Clarinet, Bass and vocalist celebrates acoustic Jazz in the tradition developed by master guitarist Django Reinhardt and world known violinist Stephan Grappelli and as it has evolved up to now. Swing, Ballads, Latin, Waltzes, American Jazz Standards and French classics with sometimes a hint of Eastern-European flavor. 2010 is Django Reinhardt's 100th Anniversary : if you know the style you won't miss it ; if you don't know it yet, now is the time. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.06.2010 - Saturday Pressing Strings 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Blending a mixture of what they were raised on, Pressing Strings, are an amped up duo from Annapolis, MD. Influenced by a range of good music, and brought forth by the luck of life, they have been on the live trail since late 2006. Their first and latest release "Where We Are" features an honest expression of sound and lyrics born from the ocean and made for the road. The band formed when members Josh Kachura and Jordan Sokel shared a crowded beach house in the summer of 06'. They noticed a musical chemistry from the start and began writing and building material based on perspective and issues of real life, death, joy , and pain. They began gigging at the beach and eventually made their way back to Annapolis to continue collaborating. With unique renditions of classic material as well as their own, Pressing Strings creates a feel good live environment that is truly entertaining. Good for the mind/body/soul->> "Pressing Strings are an Annapolis-based acoustic trio that delivers a quintessentially fresh, sublime groove. (Think Dave Matthews Band, if G Love and Jack Johnson were writing their songs). The vocals are tight, the guitars open-chorded and jangly, and the percussion moves everything along with a smooth, head-bobbing cadence. Further, their musicianship is spot-on, creating soulful soundscapes while supporting vocals that are both warm and wandering."--- Rik Ferrell, What's Up? Magazine $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.07.2010 - 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 02.07.2010 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM Come join us for brunch with Jonathan. Brazilian jazz guitar and vocals No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 02.08.2010 - Monday 12 Voices @ 49 West 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Nels’ website: http://www.nelsandrews.com/. Special cameo guest TBA. Show starts at 7:30pm, David Glaser opens. Call 410-626-9796 for reservations. $12.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.09.2010 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM 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 02.10.2010 - Wednesday Pam & Paula 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM A classical duo with flute and violin No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 02.10.2010 - 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. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.11.2010 - 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 02.12.2010 - Friday Gary Wright and Leah Weiss Band 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The Gary Wright-Leah Weiss Band will be performing, with Jeff Muller (bass) and Tom Fridrich (drums and vocals). 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. $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.13.2010 - Saturday Valentines Show w/ Dick Morgan & Dave Einhorn 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM $50 per person includes show and very special Valentine’s dinner Your choice of salmon or tenderloin dinner (including salad, veggies, potato or rice and a fabulous dessert) for only $25 per person. Or you can order off the menu at the regular cost. $50.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.14.2010 - Sunday Swing Brothers 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Mike Noonan & John Pineda play with special guests and rock it out jazzy style! No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.15.2010 - Monday Songwriters-In-The-Round 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Songwriters-In-The-Round at 49 West in Annapolis, MD, February 15. Songwriters include Dan Haas, Jenn Grinels & John Austin. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.16.2010 - Tuesday 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 02.17.2010 - Wednesday Starrs Jazz Jam 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Joe Byrd Jam becomes STARR’S JAZZ JAM!! Our popular jam sessions at 49 WEST café continue under the new leadership of JOHN STARR, with the help of Dick Glass, Tom Korth, Jim Lester & Robert Redd on piano! Bill McHenry continues as our house drummer. And how is this going to work? Well, both Dick, Tom and John play bass and piano, so one of them will always be on bass and they will trade off on other instruments. Local musicians and singers will continue to sit in. It’s an ever-changing show!! Note on the calendar below that STARR’S JAZZ JAM will be the first and third Wednesday nights of each month, all year long! $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.18.2010 - 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 02.19.2010 - Friday Susan Jones 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Susan Jones is a versatile free-lance violinist, who plays styles ranging from classical to jazz, with many stops along the way, including: rock, country, klezmer and mariachi. She has brought her classical music to Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Centerand the National Gallery of Art Terrace Cafe. Her jazz venues include the One Step Down, the Corcoran Jazz Series and Blues Alley. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she has worked as a full-time musician since 1978. $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.20.2010 - Saturday Primitive Mind 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Kent Lopez on Guitar and Vocals, Cherith Wagner on Vocals and Piano, C.J. Benoit on Bass, Bretzel on Drums...Laying down Original Americana, Reggae, Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly, Standards and a couple of Norah Jones covers! $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.21.2010 - Sunday Kings of Crownsville 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM .. a sizzling synthesis of Mississippi and Soho, Newport and New Orleans. It’s music that you could hear seeping through the damp wallboards of Jay’s Lounge and Cockpit, or echoing from a rooftop ballroom, or simmering under the summer stars, or electrifying a raucous street dance, or pulsing through a Paris café….... a six-man crew making music with guitars, drums, upright bass, piano, and trombone, laced with lap steel, didgeridoo, melodica, accordion, and djimbe. Two, three, and four-part vocal harmony is our signature sound. $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.22.2010 - Monday Tom Lagana 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM "Schematic," 2009 The Tom Lagana Group's second release, "Schematic," features seven inspired performances by a remarkable jazz trio destined to capture both critical and commercial acclaim. Joining the guitarist are Tom Baldwin on upright bass and Todd Harrison on drums, each providing noteworthy performances throughout. Dave Ballou also contributes his brilliant trumpet and flugelhorn artistry on three tracks. Lagana graduated from the Berklee College of Music and performs and teaches in the Annapolis, Maryland area. While one hears strong influences of Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, and John Scofield in the guitarist masterful playing, Lagana creatively incorporates their styles into his own unique voice. Throughout "Schematic" the guitarist effortlessly alternates between melodic and chromatic playing. The opening "Rub of the Green," brings to mind the landmark trio interplay of Metheny's "Bright Size Life." Whereas the title track offers some blistering bop infused soloing showcasing Dave Ballou's extraordinary trumpet. Although an accomplished classical guitarist, on this release Lagana concentrates on his electric playing. However, on the dreamy ballad "Lauren's Song," the guitarist displays his delicate, introspective acoustic. Tom Lagana's "Schematic" is highly recommended for listeners wanting to hear a fresh and revitalizing voice in world of contemporary jazz guitar. © James Scott $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.23.2010 - Tuesday 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 02.24.2010 - Wednesday The Jazz Update 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM With a recent CD that rode the international jazz charts for months last year, The Jazz Update is one of the finest and most successful working bands in the mid-Atlantic. Join them for an intimate, energetic and engaging night on the town! Shows at 8 and 10pm, $15 cover. $15.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.25.2010 - Thursday Rob Levit Group 8:30 PM - 12:00 PM 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 02.26.2010 - Friday Sean Lane 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 2 Shows 7 & 9 pm Sean Lane and Bay Jazz Project feature some of the most exciting and experienced musicians in the region. Sean, one of the area’s most accomplished jazz keyboard/pianist is known for his fluid, graceful performance style. Along with Lane, the band features reed man, Seth Kibel, one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s foremost instrumentalists, creative and stylistic bassist Bob Abbott, and the multitalented, high energy, percusionist, Wes Crawford. The band offers classic jazz, funky originals, Latin and more. “Bay Jazz Project is a true testament to the talent of the Mid-Atlantic music scene.” --Music Monthly $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.27.2010 - Saturday Her, Him & I 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Have an evening of great fun and great music with this trio! $8.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.28.2010 - Sunday JBMC 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM $6.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 02.28.2010 - Sunday Swing Brothers 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Duo with 2 members of Unified Jazz Ensemble with special guests No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 02.28.2010 - Sunday Adrian Bond 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Ambiant composer with downbeat grooves $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top