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The Venue Owner: Henry Wong of An Die Musik

by B.D. Lenz
August 13, 2020

As the Covid crisis continues to ravage the music and entertainment business I was interested to speak to a venue owner. Clubs are at the front lines of the suffering and, undoubtedly, many will not survive the pandemic. I got an interesting perspective from Henry Wong, owner of An Die Musik located in the historic district ...

Warren Wolf: Reincarnated

by Aaron Paschal
May 6, 2020

Warren Wolf is a Baltimore-born vibraphonist and a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. Reincarnation (2020), his fourth album as leader on Mack Avenue Records, sees Wolf dive into an entirely different side of his musical personality. We got together via ZOOM to talk about his musical influences, how he's staying creative during the COVID pandemic and ...

John Pizzarelli Trio at Keystone Korner

by Mark Robbins
April 11, 2020

From 1972 to 1983 NEA Jazz Master's award recipient Todd Barkan operated San Francisco's Keystone Korner as one the preeminent jazz clubs in the country. Performers such as Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Betty Carter, McCoy Tyner and so many more played on the Korner's stage until, due to financial difficulties, Barkan had to close ...

Fred Hughes

Born: March 19, 1961

From concerts, recordings and military service in Seoul, Korea to jazz festivals as a Jazz Ambassador; conducting orchestras across the United States as a musical director to recording and producing records as a pianist and leader of his own group; Fred Hughes has had a long and varied musical journey.   

Fred began studying keyboards and low brass at the age of 8 and by age 12 was a member of Local 294 of the American Federation of Musicians in his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He performed alongside his father in the New Holland and Bainbridge Bands on tuba and in his dad’s jazz group on organ.  Professional performances continued with his own organ trio until graduating from high school. 

Rufus Roundtree and Da B'more Brass Factory

Active since: 2007

"Rufus Roundtree and Da B'More Brass Factory Party Experience and Show" Winner 2015 Band of the Year for Baltimore Crown Awards- A New Orleans Styled Brass Band in Baltimore. We combine the jazz of New Orleans with a little Baltimore Club and House, a little Parliament Funkadelic, a little Chuck Brown, a little Bob Marley and then whatever else you can imagine into this Gumbo sprinkled with Old Bay. We call it BaltimOrleans where the Wire meets the Treme. Formally trained musicians, Rufus Roundtree and Da B'More Brass Factory infuse the essence of the New Orleans brass band sound that defines the Mardi- Gras experience with a hometown contemporary flare; recreating versions of R&B and hip-hop songs with funk, neo- soul and jazz elements..

The Chemistry Project

What’s in a name? In the case of The Chemistry Project …the name speaks to the ability of five talented musicians to create innovative, unique, and heartfelt music at will!! The Chemistry Project is a rebirth of the early to late 90’s group who experienced a great deal of success gigging at venues in the Baltimore / Washington area including 8X10, Maxx’s on Broadway, Virginia Tech, and Georgetown Harbourfest. Additional prestigious bookings include the Kennedy Center. Reformed in 2015 with two founding members, today’s Chemistry Project continues the tradition of playing smooth and funky soulful jazz with an emphasis on amazing textural harmonies and melodies

Rahul Mukerji

Rahul is a musician based in Maryland. Born in India, he has been performing live for over fifteen years. He has had a varied performing career that has included stints in Chicago, Boston, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. and India. Rahul has been featured on a wide array of recordings. His pieces were featured in a movie in Singapore. His music was also featured on the DC local Tri-state Radio. In 2012, his music was featured in various animations and was used as the official score for the Fractal Forums web episodes. Rahul was featured in Guitar Player magazine in Editors Picks and people to watch in 2008

Zachary Serleth

Born: July 26, 1990

Zach Serleth is a professional bassist and banjoist around the DC, MD, VA area that plays most of his gigs in Bluegrass Bands or Eastern European folk music groups. He started with the Highland Hill Boys, a Baltimore Bluegrass band that you can catch at the 8×10. Bluegrass being mostly in major chords, Zach yearned for for a darker sound in which he found Klezmer music. Studying with Margo Levert and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Zach formed Baltimore based klezmer band, The World Fair. He later joined on with Evan Tucker’s creation, Schmuck and helped run the Baltimore Klezmer jam

Bridget Cimino

Born: May 14, 1982

Bridget Cimino is a professional visual artist that paints murals, portraits, houses, and does historical restoration around Baltimore City. She just happens to have an uncanny ear for melody with a memory like an elephant. She literally knows almost every single tune you could throw at her. It’s amazing! She has been interested in music since she was a young child as her history inclined, reenactment parents exposed her to great traditional music early on such as the 97th Regimental String Band. From there it was folk music all the way until discovering punk music in her teens

Greg Hatza ORGANization

A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Greg Hatza’s musical instincts came to him as early and as naturally as the ability to walk, and he was picking out blues and boogie woogie tunes on the piano around age four before starting formal lessons shortly thereafter. The Hammond B-3 became his life’s obsession as a teenager, when a friend turned him on to records by Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Ray Charles, and Johnny Hammond Smith. His first professional gig on the instrument came when he was 16, with the Frankie Scott Trio, where he played around small towns in central Pennsylvania. Because there were no jazz organ instructors at the time, Greg was largely self-taught, picking up most of his insider knowledge from the organ players at jam sessions at a local club called the Grand Hotel