Calendar of Events JUNE ART EXHIBITION June 1 - 26, 2013 Milton Frank >>View Image Eye candy for the masses from the mean streets of Zion-solo art ex hibit in a Tel Aviv fashion. I live in the Galilee region,and I have two beautiful magical boys,there names are Lior(of the light)and Stav(autumn).I do my art facing east under the stars in the hills. Opening reception is Sunday, June 2nd from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. >> Learn More June 2013 For reservations to all shows, please call 410.626.9796. 06.01.2013 - Saturday The Other Band 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 2 Shows 7pm & 9pm $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.02.2013 - Sunday JBMC Recital 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.02.2013 - 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 06.02.2013 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM The sultry voice of Jonathan's singing and his crafted guitar playing bring Bossa Nova at it's true essence! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.02.2013 - Sunday First Sunday Arts Festival 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.03.2013 - Monday First Monday Singer Songwriters Series 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM $8.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.04.2013 - Tuesday UJE-Unified Jazz Ensemble 8:30 PM - 12:00 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 06.05.2013 - Wednesday Starrs Jazz Jam 7:30 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 06.06.2013 - Thursday Jeff Antoniuk & The Mars 4 tet 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The MARS 4-tet " . . . .they ain’t your Grandma’s jazz band." 49 West is proud to welcome back eclectic jazz super group, the MARS 4-tet. They move effortlessly from the classic jazz of Horace Silver and Herbie Hancock to the pop hits of Gino Vannelli, Peter Gabriel and Led Zeppelin. Get ready for energy, humor and groove. The band features acclaimed recording and performing artists bassist Max Murray, saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk, drummer Frank Russo and guitarist Donato Soveiro. As a long time member of Afro Bop Alliance, bassist Max Murray shared a Latin Grammy Award and a Grammy nomination for the 2008 album Caribbean Jazz Project with Dave Samuels. The Boston bred musician is a former U.S. Naval Academy Band member. Saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk has toured many continents since leaving Alberta, Canada and is lauded for his heightened powers on the saxophone. Jazz Times praised his “considerable chops” while MusikReviews.com described his “amazing saxophone playing.” He is a recognized master of modern jazz, hard bop and funk. Drummer Frank Russo enjoyed a long career with the U.S. Naval Academy Band, and has since won critical praise for his work with many jazz greats. His recordings have gained recognition from Downbeat, Jazz Times and Modern Drummer. He has performed at numerous jazz festivals in North America, Asia, and Europe. Guitarist Donato Soviero has appeared with numerous groups in the US, Europe and the Caribbean. Like his bandmates, he has performed at all the top Washington, D.C. concert venues. Tom Cole, host of WPFW’S “G Strings” said “Donato's beautiful phrasing and impressive improvising took me aback. He’s one of those real surprises.” $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.07.2013 - Friday Daisy Castro's Gypsy Moth Quartet 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM 2 SHOWS 7PM & 9:30PM Jazz Age Paris comes to life in the hands of Daisy Castro’s Gypsy Moth Quartet ! Be transported to 1930’s Paris by this group of talented musicians striving to keep the “Hot Club” tradition alive, while adding a moderne twist! Jazz Age Paris comes to life in the hands of Daisy Castro’s Gypsy Moth Quartet ! Daisy Castro started playing violin at the age of 6. The same year that she started playing, she took a trip to France with her parents, where she was first introduced to the style of music known as “Jazz Manouche” or “Gypsy Jazz “, a genre created by Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and French violinist, Stephane Grappelli in pre-war Paris. Intrigued as a listener from the start, over the years she has found this music to be a perfect fit for her playing style. Daisy, whose charming presence on the violin became more widely known in the U.S. during Djangofest Northwest 2010, has been creating quite a stir in the world of Gypsy Jazz. Her ability to embody this passionate and beautiful music at such an early age has charmed and amazed audiences both here and abroad, and has landed her on stage with some of the finest players in Europe and the U.S. She recorded and released her first solo CD, "Gypsy Moth" at the age of 13, and fittingly, it bears a strong Gypsy Jazz influence. Her second CD,”Déviation”, recorded at the ripe old age of 15, and just released in Spring 2013, reflects the fact that she is now fully immersed in the style. Daisy will be joined by English guitarist, Marek Wojcik, DC guitarist, Kevin Doran, and bassist Jay Miles. $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.08.2013 - Saturday Intimate Jazz 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM With Robert Redd $20.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.09.2013 - Sunday Bigfoot 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM $6.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.09.2013 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM The sultry voice of Jonathan's singing and his crafted guitar playing bring Bossa Nova at it's true essence! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.10.2013 - Monday 2nd Monday Songwriter Showcase 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Singer songwriters series $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.11.2013 - 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 06.12.2013 - Wednesday Pam & Paula 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM A classical duo with flute and violin No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.12.2013 - 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 06.13.2013 - Thursday Dave Baldwin & Friends 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM $6.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.14.2013 - Friday Mac Walter 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Mac is an exciting, versatile, dynamic master of the guitar and a role model to would-be players for his dedication and virtuosity on the instrument. His fingerstyle synergy always leaves an audience on their feet and wanting more. Mac's repertoire is a stunning variety of musical styles and reflects the depth and range of emotion he conveys in his playing. His command of the acoustic guitar is breathtaking and he is one of those rare musicians who can do it all while still maintaining his own distinctive voice. He makes the guitar come to life with a rare passion and plays at a level few musicians ever achieve. He is a guitar virtuoso who has to be seen to be believed. Mac also conducts guitar workshops and seminars and has become a much sought-after studio technician. He also finds time to pursue his interests in 100-mile bike rides, rebuilding guitars, playing bridge and strategic war games, traveling, and collecting seashells from around the world. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.15.2013 - Saturday John Jensen 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM John Jensen Plays Blues from 5-7 PM every third Saturday. No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.15.2013 - 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. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.16.2013 - Sunday Jen & Larry & Pete 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Come spend a Sunday afternoon listening to Jenn, Larry and "Lumpy" play their multiple instruments, singing awesome songs and just plain having a good time! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.16.2013 - Sunday Sunday Supper & Jazz 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.16.2013 - Sunday Jonthan Stone 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM The sultry voice of Jonathan's singing and his crafted guitar playing bring Bossa Nova at it's true essence! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.17.2013 - Monday 12 Voices @ 49 West 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM David Glaser opens. Call 410-626-9796 for reservations. $12.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.18.2013 - Tuesday Jordan Tice with Brittany Haas & Paul Kowart 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM 2 shows 7pm & 9pm! Brittany Haas is fiddler with the band Crooked Still and has also worked with Darol Anger, Tony Trischka, the Yonder Mountain String Band, and Steve Martin. Paul Kowert is bassist with the Punch Brothers and has also performed with folks like Mike Marshall, Dierks Bentley, Sarah Jarosz, and Fiona Apple. Jordan Tice is an Annapolis native, guitarist and composer of acoustic music. He has worked with the likes of Tony Trischka, Mark Schatz and friends, Darol Anger, and Steve Martin. $15.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.19.2013 - 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 06.20.2013 - Thursday Hendrck Meurkens 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Hendrik Meurkens, a virtuoso on both the chromatic harmonica and the vibraphone, is the most important jazz harmonica player since Toots Thielemans. German-born but now based in New York, Meurkens’ recordings and performances garner worldwide acclaim because the transcendent beauty of his music has universal appeal. Hendrik Meurkens – harmonica Robert Redd – piano Victor Dvoskin – bass Eric Kennedy – drums $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.21.2013 - Friday Cadillac Mule 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Cadillac Mule This will be an evening of mostly old country songs, featuring Gary on electric and acoustic guitars, piano, and vocals, Leah on fiddle, guitar, and vocals, Ahren Buchheister on mandolin, dobro, and pedal steel, Tom Fridrich on drums and vocals, and special guest Jay Turner (from Van Meter and The Remnants) on bass. We will also include a special tribute to the late, great George Jones. $10.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.23.2013 - Sunday Starrs Jazz Band 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM $20.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.23.2013 - Sunday Jonathan Stone 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM The sultry voice of Jonathan's singing and his crafted guitar playing bring Bossa Nova at it's true essence! No Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.24.2013 - Monday Gonzalo Bergera Quartet 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM The all-acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet plays a modern variant of 1930s Django Reinhardt-inspired gypsy jazz. Composer and lead guitarist Gonzalo Bergara mixes a cascade of arpeggios with the sounds of Paris and his native Argentina. His first CD, Porteña Soledad, was Editor’s Pick in Guitar Player Magazine, and Vintage Guitar Magazine called it a "masterpiece." The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet consists of Gonzalo Bergara on lead guitar, Jeffrey Radaich on rhythm guitar, Leah Zeger on violin, and Brian Netzley on upright bass. The music is heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, as well as the traditional jazz and music of Bergara's true home, Buenos Aires. "Gonzalo Bergara’s music exists in a way that very little music does. He has lavished such care on every phrase, built each arrangement with such lapidary precision and pared away anything extraneous, the music becomes sculpture. It has weight, density, gravity. This is serious….and deeply moving. $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.25.2013 - 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 06.27.2013 - Thursday Cafe Scientifique 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM In June, Amber Straughn, Astrophysicist, from NASA’s Observational Cosmology Laboratory, will share new information about Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. In July we will hear about The Great Salmon Tour from Peter Berulf Johnsen, and in August, John W. Hessler, Curator for the Jay I. Kislak Collection for the History of the Early Americas, Library of Congress, will present on Galileo and the Logic of Modern Science. In September, Thomas Earle Moore, from NASA’s Heliophysics Science Division, will present on The Magnetic Musculature of Space. And, lastly, James Hagberg, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park, who’s research focuses on aging, cardiovascular exercise physiology, exercise intervention, and exercise and genomics will also present, although the date has yet to be determined. Please join us. We hope to see you! No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.27.2013 - Thursday Shook / Russo 5tet 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.28.2013 - Friday Folkie Fridays at 49 West 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Teresa Whitaker and Frank Schwartz pay musical tribute to Tom Wisner, the “Bard of the Bay,” who passed away in 2010 after a lifetime dedicated to chronicling the rich traditions of our regional waterways. They will be performing at 49 West Coffeehouse and Wine Bar. Tom Wisner devoted his life to singing and writing about the Chesapeake Bay as a way to inspire interest in and respect for the Bay as a natural resource. According to Washington Post staff writer Jenna Johnson, Wisner always tried to capture the voice of the water and the sky, of the rocks and the trees, of the fish and the birds, of the gods of nature he believed still watched over it all. Wisner’s music was recorded by the Smithsonian Institution and used in a National Geographic documentary. His song “Chesapeake Born” has become an informal anthem of the Bay. Teresa Whitaker partnered with Tom Wisner when she lived in the Chesapeake Bay area, and is featured on several of Wisner’s albums. She and her husband Frank often performed with “the Bard” when they returned to the Bay for visits. Originally from Cynthiana, Kentucky, Teresa Whitaker is a musician and storyteller in her own right. Rhythm and a mercurial voice are trademarks of her lively and joyous performances. She often tells original stories and traditional myths and folktales, weaving in participatory music with songs, guitar, celtic harp and percussion instruments. Frank Schwartz is a musician and songwriter from Baltimore, who grew up listening to and playing many styles of music. He sings and plays guitar, bass, old-time banjo and the mandolin. Together the duo performs their original folk, blues and jazz-influenced music alongside the Bay-related works of Tom Wisner. Maryland guitarist Mac Walter, another of Wisner’s musical colleagues, will be appearing with them at 49 West. $10.00 Cover Charge >> Back to Top 06.29.2013 - Saturday Victor Dvoskin & Joshua Breakstone 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Victor Dvoskin Bassist Victor Dvoskin first gained popularity in the former USSR in the early seventies. He played for nine years with Allegro, a jazz combo led by pianist Nikolai Levinovski, and many audience members claim they attended especially to hear Victor. Soviet jazz critics considered him the number-one bass player of the eighties. He eventually formed his own group The Viktor Dvoskin Quartet, which appeared at the 1990 Grenoble Jazz Festival. The group's first performance was issued on compact disc by the French jazz label Thelonius and it helped earn Victor three stars in the Penguin Guide to Jazz. In 1991, Victor first came to Washington, DC as a part of the Russian/American Jazz Quartet, Jazznost. Other members included Sergei Gurbeloshvili (tenor-sax), Louis Scherr (piano) and Toni Martucci (drums). The group's first compact disc, "Joint Venture," was released on Timeless Records. Joshua Breakstone A fine bop-based guitarist, Joshua Breakstone discovered jazz when he was 14. He studied for several years with Sal Salvador, yet at the time was gigging regularly with a rock group. He attended Berklee, and in 1977, toured Canada with the reed player Glen Hall, making his recording debut on Hall's Sonora release. During and after teaching guitar at the Rhode Island Conservatory of Music (1979-1981), Breakstone worked in New York with Warne Marsh, Emily Remler, Dave Schnitter, and Vic Juris. In 1983, he recorded his first album (Wonderful!) for Sonora. While that date had Barry Harris on piano, his follow-up featured Kenny Barron. Breakstone went on to record for Contemporary (including a quartet date featuring Pepper Adams), Capri, Evidence, and Double-Time, helping keep the legacy of quiet bop guitar alive. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joshua-breakstone-mn0000828550 $20.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.30.2013 - Sunday Spiral Staircase Poetry Reading 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Poetry Reading and Open Read Come and read 3 poems, or read for 5 minutes The featured poet will be Minnie Warburton For more information, please contact Dan Kagan at Spiralstaircasepoetry@gmail.com Visit the Spiral Staircase Facebook event page and invite your friends through the page’s links. https://www.Facebook.com/events/289829441152895/ Minnie Warburton, writer and artist, has published novels, short stories, poetry and essays. She has written for television and screen. She says, “I started keeping a journal at ten years old, and ever since have written my way through life!” Her credo as a writer was best articulated by Meryl Streep: “To give voice to the voiceless.” Warburton currently has two novels nearing completion, loves to perform poetry, and weekly attends a writing workshop, Women Poets Workshop. She is listed on the Poets and Writers website. No Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top 06.30.2013 - Sunday Last Sundays @ 49 West- Pillowbook 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Adrian Bond and Joanne Juskus perform an acoustic set, with special guests $6.00 Cover Charge Learn More >> Back to Top