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Potomac River Jazz Club - Celebrating Over 50 Years!
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The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band 
and the PRJC Jam
Sept 7, and Oct. 19 from 2:30-5pm
Location: Alfio's La Trattoria, 4515 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD. Ph: 301 657-9133
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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. Note: Alfio's has valet parking, street parking, and a full dinner menu available.
Visit the band's website at ccjazzband
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Tickets
Admission: Jammers and students get in FREE - no charge if you play or sing. Members of the PRJC pay $10, and non-members $15. A single membership is only $25 a year - support the organization and get a discount on events!
The PRJC Jazz Educational Talk
Why is a Jazz Funeral Not a Jazz Funeral featuring John McCusker
Sept 15, 2025, 7-8:15pm
ONLINE via Zoom
Jazz funerals are as New Orleans as red beans and rice. But what if I said jazz funerals are not actually jazz funerals? It's a provocative question and one we will explore over the tradition's 190-year history.
John McCusker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans since 1983, working at the Times-Picayune and the New Orleans Advocate. McCusker was part of the team awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He is the author of "Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz" (2012) and co-author of "Jockomo: The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians," (2019) both published by the University Press of Mississippi. McCusker founded the Cradle of Jazz Tour in 1994 with a goal of protecting and marking structures associated with the birth of jazz in New Orleans. In 2019, John founded the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House, a museum telling the story of the 1811 slave rebellion and the early life of jazz pioneer Kid Ory.
Our speaker is a favorite of the PRJC. His presentations are thoughtful, engaging, and are full of wonderful audio-visual media. This is a "not miss" session.
Admission:The event is FREE!
Registration by 5pm on the day of the event is required.
Zoom Registration
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The PRJC Fall Concert with Craig Gildner and the Blue Crescent Syncopators jazz band
September 21, 2025, from 2-4:30pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring, 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Directions
The Blue Crescent Syncopators have been entertaining fans of traditional and hot jazz for 18 years, including dancers of all ages. Started by bandleader Craig Gildner in 2006, the band's formation comes out of Craig's love for the music of New Orleans he heard upon first visiting in 1997. And naturally he has quite a 78rpm collection of Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Earl Hines. His mission since then has been to carry the torch, and reach new audiences with this music. His compatriots in the "mission" are: David Sager, trombone Anita Thomas, reeds Jon Mathis, trumpet Alan Dale, drums Pete Revell, bass Craig Gildner, piano/guitar/banjo.
The show will be held at Rosensteel Hall, just a few blocks from the Forest Glen metro on the red line. The hall has plenty of parking and indoor seating, and a great dance floor. The cash bar offers soft drinks, alcohol and some snacks.
Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25), Youth & Students free with valid student IDs
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PRJC Oktoberfest concert with The Seth Kibel Quintet Featuring Flo Anito
October 12, 2025, from 2:00pm-5:00pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring, 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Directions
The Seth Kibel Quintet, featuring Flo Anito is a PRJC favorite. They'll perform a varied program of jazz, swing, and yes, a little bit of klezmer for good measure. Expect lots of trad favorites, a few rarities, as well witty, insightful, and partially-accurate historical commentary from Seth (not to mention a lot of laughs). You'll hear plenty of good music suitable for dancing, listening, drinking, and heckling, including quite a few from Seth's most recent album on Azalea City Recordings, "Clown With A Stick," released in May 2023.
Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25; $22.50 in advance), Youth with valid student IDs (Free).
PRJC concert with Strathmore Scholar in Residence Marcel Penzes's Peabody Promenaders
November 16, 2025, from 1:30-4:00pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring, 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Directions
The PRJC is excited to host Marcel Penzes and his Peabody Promenaders for an afternoon of Charm City traditional jazz. When the Peabody Promenaders perform for the Potomac River Jazz Club, be prepared for a blend of popular traditional melodies and some brand-new, early-days' style traditional jazz music. Led by masters level trombonist and composer Marcel Penzes, one of the hottest new players on the local scene, the band features students of America’s oldest music academy, Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. Peabody Conservatory members perform nationally, internationally, and with some of the greats of jazz today. The PRJC audience can expect to hear a lineup that includes both known and forgotten jazz from turn-of-the-last-century Baltimore composers. A pre-Thanksgiving musical treat.
Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25; $22.50/advance), Youth with valid student ID (Free).
PRJC Holiday Gypsy Jazz Special with DC's Djangolaya
December 14, 2025, from 1:30pm-4:30pm
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring, 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Directions
Djangolaya is a group of DC area musicians celebrating the musical styles that were pioneered by Django Reinhardt in Paris between the Great Wars. Djangolaya is an acoustic jazz group with an international flair. Part French cafe, part New Orleans jazz, part Latin nightclub, Djangolaya draws on a wide range of musical influences to present a unique blend of old and new sounds. Imagine an afternoon at a bistro, or a sidewalk cafe or a winery, it's music for dancing, or simply enjoying good times with your PRJC friends.
Djangolaya was founded in 2014 at Django in June, a music camp dedicated to the music of Django Reinhardt. While at this annual gathering of amazing musicians in Massachusetts, three musicians discovered that they actually lived only a few minutes from each other in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. Drawing on relationships with friends and other great musicians, Djangolaya presents a wide range of musical configurations from an intimate duo to a six piece ensemble that really swings.
Admission:
PRJC members ($20), General admission ($25; $22.50/advance), Youth with valid student ID (Free).
Rosensteel Hall
Directions:
From the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Maryland take Georgia Ave. (Md. Rte. 97) a short distance north to signal at Forest Glen Road (Md. Rt. 192).
Turn left and go west 0.4 miles. Turn right on Rosensteel Ave.
The Hall is at 9707 Rosensteel Ave. on the right, opposite a church and cemetery. Parking is in the back. * This location is metro accessible: FOREST GLEN METRO STATION is only 2-3 blocks away. Rosensteel phone is 301-588-3303.
Rosensteel Knights of Columbus of Silver Spring , 9707 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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