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Potomac River Jazz Club - Celebrating 50 Years!
The PRJC Educational Discussion Jazzing the Capital
Presented by Ken Avis, professional musician with award winning jazz group Veronneau
Oct 20, 2021, 7-8:15pm, ONLINE via Zoom
| Join the PRJC in a talk with musician Ken Avis discussing
the DC area musicians who made a mark on the world, and the area’s lesser-known, and fascinating musical avenues.
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About this event:
Jazzing the Capital - Washington, D.C., has given much to the musical world beyond its best-known jazz export Duke Ellington. Explore what made the city a significant jazz mecca and how the music changed over the 20th century. From James Reece Europe to the remarkable International Sweethearts of Rhythm, jazz has flowed through the Capital as reliably as the Potomac. Join musician, broadcaster, and historian Ken Avis as he explores the DC area musicians who made a mark on the world, and discusses the area’s lesser-known, and fascinating musical avenues and why they could only have developed here in the Washington DC area. Film and recordings bring legendary musicians to life as Avis examines how social change, technological development, and business innovation shaped the sounds that emerged from D.C.from 1900 through to WWII. DC.... a political town with a serious music habit.
Ken Avis is a professional musician, performing with the award-winning, world-jazz group Veronneau, which reopened DC's legendary Blues Alley in Sept 2021. He's been a contributing writer to many publications such as DC's Capitalbop website, Washington Post, and the UK Jazz Journal. As a lecturer he has presented DC music history programs at George Mason University, Smithsonian, and at Strathmore where he serves as a mentor to young professional musicians on their Artist in Residence Program. Ken's interest in DC music history has built around the two music documentary films he has produced "Bossa Nova - The Brazilian Music which Seduced the World" and "Anacostia Delta - The Legacy of DC's Telemasters", which aired on PBS in 2021. Ken is also a music presenter, curating live music festivals, and hosting with his wife Lynn Veronneau a weekly music program "Antidote".
Admission:The event is FREE!
But registration by 5pm on the day of the event is required.
Zoom Registration
You can support the PRJC Educational Talks using the Paypal link below or at www.paypal.me/PotomacRiverJazzClub
The Peabody Ragtime Ensemble
October 24, 2021, from 2:00pm-5:00pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring , 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Directions
Join the Potomac River Jazz Club for a fall special with The Peabody Ragtime Ensemble from Baltimore, MD. Peabody Ragtime Ensemble, an acoustic “little big band,” preserves the roots of American Jazz through performance of vintage repertoire in concert, dance and stage settings.
Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25; $22.50 in advance), Youth with valid student IDs (Free).
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band
and the Normandie Jam
October 31! and November 21, 2021, from 2:30-4:30, outside (inside in case of rain). Call ahead!
Normandie Farms Restaurant, 10710 Falls Road, Potomac MD 20854. Ph: 301-983-8838
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The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band opens and closes the music, with a Jam Session in the middle. All are welcome to sit in or just sit back and enjoy!
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band was formed in 2003 to present the sounds of traditional jazz to Washington DC audiences. A seven-piece group, they play New Orleans style, Chicago style, small-group swing, and mainstream.
CCJB members include Dave Robinson, leader/cornet/trumpet, Brian Priebe on trombone, Gary Gregg on clarinet/sax, Dan Hall on bass,
Jeff Reynolds on guitar/banjo, Brian Alpert on drums.
Visit the band's website for additional information, at ccjazzband
Admission:
Non-Jammers ($10), Youth & Jammers (Free).
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The Halley's Hot Gumbo Swingtet
November 14, 2021, from 1:30-4:30pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring , 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Directions
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Join the Potomac River Jazz Club for a fall special with Halley's Hot Gumbo Swingtet. The
Hot Gumbo Swingtet plays traditional jazz and Swing. Formed in 2014, the band has performed for Great Gatsby parties,
dances at Glen Echo's Spanish Ballroom, and for the PRJC. Hally, on clarinet and sax, wil be joined by David Erickson on trumpet/cornet,
Kirsten Warfield on trombone, Craig Gildner on piano, Willie Clark on tuba, and Alan Dale on drums.
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Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25; $22.50 in advance), Youth with valid student IDs (Free).
You can support the PRJC, our monthly Educational Talks and PRJC Concerts
using the Paypal link below or at www.paypal.me/PotomacRiverJazzClub
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"Tailgate Ramblings"
send an e-mail to PRJC
with "Sample Newsletter"
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The PRJC can be reached at
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All That Jazz
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