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Potomac River Jazz Club - Celebrating Over 50 Years!
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PRJC Oktoberfest concert with The Seth Kibel Quintet Featuring Flo Anito
October 12, 2025, from 2:00pm-4:30pm
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).
Advance Ticket Purchase
The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band
and the PRJC Jam
Oct. 19, 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 Talk: October 20: PRJC Zoom Jazz Talk: Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song
Presented by Dr. John Hasse,
October 20, 2026, 7-8:15pm, ONLINE via Zoom
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Ella. Like a select few other musicians—Elvis, Madonna, Bono—you could recognize her by one name only. Ira Gershwin said he never knew how good his songs were until he heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them. She took an innovation by Louis Armstrong—scat singing—into an art equal to that of instrumental improvisers. "Lady Ella" had a celebrated career spanning more than 50 years and is one of the most influential and beloved jazz vocalists in history.
In this lively talk, Dr. John Edward Hasse, author and Curator Emeritus of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution, provides insights into Fitzgerald's music, personality, and extraordinary journey from shy orphan to beloved world celebrity. Using film and video clips, rare photographs, and original recordings, Hasse traces the evolution and triumph of one of America's greatest and most beloved singers.
You'll see rare video footage of Fitzgerald with Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. You'll hear moving ballads such as Embraceable You and The Man I Love and thrilling performances such as Mack the Knife and How High the Moon. And you'll learn about her personality, such as the trusting way she welcomed busloads of tourists into her Beverly Hills home and how Marilyn Monroe befriended and supported her.
Dr. Hasse shares anecdotes of meeting Ella at the Smithsonian and securing her archives for the Museum. He personally helped select memorabilia for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
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The PRJC has been bringing traditional/early jazz to the DC area for 51 years. We began this series as a way to support musicians during Covd-19 pandemic shutdowns, and we have enjoyed it so much that we are continuing the programming. Learn more about our organization at prjc.org
This Zoom series is FREE and open to the public (although we always appreciate donations to offset the cost of the programs).
Admission:FREE!
Registration by 5pm on the day of the event is required.
Zoom registration link
You can support the PRJC Jazz Educational Talks using the Paypal link www.paypal.me/PotomacRiverJazzClub
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-4:00pm
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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