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Potomac River Jazz Club - Celebrating Over 50 Years!
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PRJC concert with Strathmore Scholar in Residence Marcel Penzes' Peabody Promenaders 
November 16, 2025, from 1:30-4:00pm (winter schedule)
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).
Advance Ticket Purchase
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band
and the PRJC Jam
November 23, and December 21 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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Advanced Tickets are available from the PRJC EventBrite site:
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 Zoom Talk:
A Tribute to Henry Butler
featuring Josh Paxton
Nov 17, 2025, 7-8:30pm, ONLINE via Zoom
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Henry Butler (1948–2018) was a celebrated American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and composer renowned for his virtuosic technique and deep roots in New Orleans music traditions. Blind since birth, Butler blended jazz, blues, funk, and Caribbean rhythms into a distinctive sound, earning acclaim as one of the greatest modern interpreters of New Orleans piano. A passionate educator and photographer, he performed internationally, recorded numerous albums, and collaborated with legends such as Dr. John and Nicholas Payton. Butler's artistry and advocacy left a lasting legacy in both music and culture.
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Josh Paxton is a dynamic New Orleans–based pianist celebrated for fusing the Crescent City’s deep piano traditions with modern jazz sensibilities, classical technique, and funky rhythmic flair. Trained under Ellis Marsalis at the University of New Orleans--where he earned his master's degree--Paxton has become a fixture of the city's music scene, performing as both a solo artist and sideman with artists like Bruce Hornsby, Maria Muldaur, the Wild Magnolias, and Debbie Davis. A recognized authority on New Orleans piano legends, he has published transcriptions of James Booker, Professor Longhair, and more
Join us as Paxton pays tribute to the late and celebrated Henry Butler in a combination of piano performance and discussion of the artistry that made him a musical legend.
Our monthly Jazz Talks are FREE to the public although we do accept donations toward the programming. The Zoom link will be sent out two hours before the talk begins.
Admission:The event is FREE!
Registration by 5pm on the day of the event is required:
Zoom Registration
You can support the PRJC Jazz Educational Talks using the Paypal link www.paypal.me/PotomacRiverJazzClub
PRJC Holiday Gypsy Jazz Special with DC's Djangolaya
December 14, 2025, from 1:30pm-4:00pm
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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