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The Potomac River Jazz Club is a nonprofit society founded in 1971 whose purpose is to preserve, encourage and promote the playing and appreciation of traditional jazz. On our Web site [PRJC.org](https://prjc.org/) you’ll find information about trad jazz happenings in the Washington-Baltimore area, about our organization, about our affiliated jazz bands, about jazz history, and about many other items of interest to jazz fans. And be sure to check out what PRJC is doing to encourage young musicians to play traditional jazz with the Capital Focus Youth Jazz Band. Please look around the site, and if you want to make a comment or a suggestion, ask a question or just say “Hi,” please send us an e-mail. The PRJC can also be reached at 484-626-0887.
If you like traditional jazz, if you listen to Hot Jazz Saturday Night on WAMU, if you enjoyed the DC Tweed Rides' 1920s-themed after-parties, if you are listening to this kind of music online, you will enjoy the music at PRJC events.
While membership in this PRJC Meetup group is free to all, we encourage you to purchase a full Potomac River Jazz Club membership (annual dues $30 individual, $45 couple) to receive our monthly newsletter Tailgate Ramblings and $5 discount on admission to our events. Attend six events (we have typically 20+ per year), and you're gotten back the cost of your membership. Member ticket prices referred to in our event listings means people who have a paid membership in PRJC. Membership info is at https://prjc.org/joinprjc.html.
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Tout voir- The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band and the Monthly Jam SessionAlfio's La Trattoria, Chevy Chase, MD15,00 USD
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band opens and closes the music, with a Jam Session at the end of each set. 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.
The PRJC Monthly Jam Session is held at Alfio's La Trattoria in Chevy Chase. Attendance there has exceeded the maximum capacity of our previous space. There is plenty or room for you and your friends. I am told we could fit 100 people in there. That said, we do recommend, if you want a table for your group, arrive early. We will get you in, but can't promise seating groups together if the space has filled up.
Alfio's has free valet parking (tips are appreciated). Street parking is free but unobtainable. There is a full menu and bar.
We welcome suggestions for possible event venues anywhere in the DMV. Our requirements include space for at least 70 people, plenty of parking, and a conveniently accessible location; near Metro is a plus.
Admission:
Non-Jammers (PRJC members $10, non-members $15), Youth & Jammers (Free). If you play, you don't pay!
Cash, checks or PayPal at the door, or in advance on Eventbrite. - The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band and the Monthly Jam SessionAlfio's La Trattoria, Chevy Chase, MD15,00 USD
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band opens and closes the music, with a Jam Session at the end of each set. 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.
The PRJC Monthly Jam Session is held at Alfio's La Trattoria in Chevy Chase. Attendance there has exceeded the maximum capacity of our previous space. There is plenty or room for you and your friends. I am told we could fit 100 people in there. That said, we do recommend, if you want a table for your group, arrive early. We will get you in, but can't promise seating groups together if the space has filled up.
Alfio's has free valet parking (tips are appreciated). Street parking is free but unobtainable. There is a full menu and bar.
We welcome suggestions for possible event venues anywhere in the DMV. Our requirements include space for at least 70 people, plenty of parking, and a conveniently accessible location; near Metro is a plus.
Admission:
Non-Jammers (PRJC members $10, non-members $15), Youth & Jammers (Free). If you play, you don't pay!
Cash, checks or PayPal at the door, or in advance on Eventbrite. - PRJC Concert/Dance: The Capital Focus Jazz Band9707 Rosensteel Ave, Silver Spring, MD25,00 USD
Hear the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, Lu Watters, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and more by PRJC's Youth Learning Program.
The Capital Focus Jazz Band (also known as the Federal Focus Jazz Band) is the PRJC’s Youth Learning Program, directed by Dave Robinson. Since 1988, this nationally acclaimed program has provided promising young musicians with a grounding in the fundamentals of jazz, as well as specialized training in the traditional New Orleans styles and their offshoots. Graduates of the program have become major players in New York City’s trad jazz scene.
The CFJB has performed at receptions for the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of State and many other dignitaries. Performance venues have included the White House, the Capitol, the Kennedy Center, the National Mall, the Pentagon, the Smithsonian, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Bourbon Street and Preservation Hall (New Orleans), jazz clubs in New York, Nashville, Seattle, London, Madrid, and Amsterdam, and a variety of jazz festivals in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. The band was also featured in live performance on NBC’s “Today Show”, and on Bravo’s “Artsbreak”. The band’s performance at the Louis Armstrong International Jazz Competition in Sainte-Adresse, France, won a special judges’ prize, placing ahead of several adult bands. The band was one of five young groups selected from hundreds of international applicants to spend ten days (all expenses paid) studying with the top names in jazz at the prestigious Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy in the mountains of Colorado. CFJB also took First Place in their Division, and all of their Division's Best Soloist medals, at the Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival in Sacramento.
Most recently, the band wowed audiences at venues in Seattle. A week after their PRJC concert, the band takes off for France, where they will perform several times at Fest Jazz in the medieval village of Chateauneuf-du-Faou, sharing the bill with Tuba Skinny and Gunhild Carling.
At this concert, expect to hear the music of Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, Lu Watters, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and more, performed by cornetist Aiden Interrante, trumpeter Keller Remington, clarinetist Ashley Hsu, trombonist Marcel Penzes, pianist Minh Vo, banjo/guitarists Isaac Felix and Jackson Dunkin, tubist Evan Ramee, and drummer Daniel Hudson. Come see the band that Tailgate Ramblings reviewer Barbara deBoinville called a “great band…fabulous concert…we were powerfully transported to New Orleans”, and support these talented young musicians as they launch their French adventure.
Potomac River Jazz Club (PRJC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 whose mission is to support and preserve original New Orleans jazz music. Our monthly concerts are held at Rosensteel Hall in Silver Spring, MD. The venue is near the Forest Glen metro (red line), has plenty of parking, table and chair seating, a large dance floor, and a cash bar with some snacks.
Come out and join us for this special show!
Admission: PRJC members ($20 (this means dues-paying members of PRJC, not this free Meetup group), General admission $25 at door, $22.50 if purchased online in advance. Youth with valid student IDs: Free. Sales at door are by cash, check or PayPal only.
- PRJC Zoom Jazz Talk: Oy, That Yiddisha Charleston: Klezmer Invades Jazz!Emplacement requis
FREE ONLINE via Zoom: Oy, That Yiddisha Charleston: Klezmer Invades Jazz! Klezmer and early jazz collide in our July Jazz Talk featuring David Sager and Seth Kibel!
PLEASE NOTE: RSVP ON MEETUP DOES NOT REGISTER YOU FOR THIS EVENT! YOU MUST REGISTER USING THIS LINK BY 5 PM ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT TO RECEIVE THE LOGIN INFORMATION TO ATTEND THE EVENT!
Register before 5:00p.m. the day of the presentation to receive the Zoom link. This is a FREE talk, but we appreciate contributions toward the program via "Donation Tickets" which help offset the cost of the program.
The PRJC has been bringing trad jazz and swing music to the DC area for 52 years in the way of concerts, jams, and talks. Our Jazz Talk series centers around early jazz topics and features top musicians and historians. As these are all hosted on Zoom, you can enjoy them wherever you are.
The PRJC began its Jazz Talk series during the pandemic shutdown as a way to support musicians who were less able to work. The series has blossomed into an ongoing project featuring speakers from across the country focusing on trad jazz and swing topics.
Registration for this talk is required by 5pm the night of the event. You will receive the link by email about 30 minutes before the program begins.
You can support the PRJC or our Educational Talks and Concerts with a donation using the Paypal link.
More info is on the Events page of the PRJC web site.
Video recording of the event will be posted on the PRJC YouTube channel after it is completed.
PRJC’s programs are supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
