49 West - Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery / Annapolis, Maryland

Unified Jazz Ensemble
2023-11-14 19:00 - 21:30, 2023-11-21 19:00 - 21:30, 2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:30, 2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:30, 2023-12-12 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | 49 West – The Back Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
The Unified Jazz Ensemble is a dynamic group of masterful musicians from the USA. This ensemble has years of experience educating and entertaining diverse audiences. This is acoustic jazz, a classic American art form, done to perfection with audience interaction at its best.

Dave Chappell & Friends
2023-11-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-06 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | 49 West – The Front Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Dave Chappell, Jimmy Jacobs, Rurik Reshetiloff & more!

Sara Jean Kelley, Emma Myers, Madison Bailey and Jennifer Schimpf
2023-11-15 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD

CANCELLED- Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell
2023-11-17 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Due to illness, this show is canceled. Please check back on any future dates for Mark & Bryan.

This multi-generational duo presents a broad spectrum of American acoustic music, and their new CD, Grit & Polish, went to #1 on the DJ Folk Charts in 2021. Both Schatz and McDowell are multi-instrumentalists who cruise seamlessly from old-time to bluegrass, from folk to swing, playing and singing tunes and songs, old and new, including their own original compositions. Western North Carolina native Bryan McDowell grew up in a rich musical environment where he learned everything from Doc Watson to Charlie Parker. Mark has toured and recorded with a who’s who of the acoustic music world including Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Tony Rice, and Tim O’Brien. The two worked together in The Claire Lynch Band from 2009 to 2014, and they’re excited to present a new and dynamic show which of course will include some of Mark’s colorful hambone and Appalachian clog dancing.
Video Links
Show Overview: https://youtu.be/AZXrP9DKt30
The Girl I Love: https://youtu.be/PmV1VzP4WDE
The First Snow of December/Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss: https://youtu.be/vGCF78_oaso
One Too Many Mornings: https://youtu.be/7EUZiedwi4E
Going To Italy: https://youtu.be/4k9WR_a8U18

Dean Rosenthal’s 4 Piece Racket
2023-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Dean Rosenthal’s 4piece racket will be @ 49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery
8/19. Advance call to 49 will get you a seat/table 8-10 come !

Dream Punch
2023-11-19 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Dream Punch are a Maryland based band that weaves texture into song. Their songs are sonic impressionist paintings for your ear lids.

ITZALL Goode and SHC Music Tribe Presents: Jon Shain & FJ Ventre
2023-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
ITZALL Goode Concert Series and SHC Music Tribe present Jon Shain and FJ Ventre
Monday, November 20, 2023, @ 7:30 PM49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar, and Gallery, 49 West ST, Annapolis MD
Online Tickets are $17 – https://jonshain.eventbrite.com
Door $20
A ticket is your reservation. Do not call 49 West to reserve a seat if you have bought a ticket.
For more info contact: shcmusictribe@gmail.com
ABOUT JON: Website: jonshain.com
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@flyinrex
Jon Shain is a veteran singer-songwriter who’s been turning heads for years with his words, fiery acoustic guitar work, and evolved musical style – combining improvised Piedmont blues with bluegrass, swing, and ragtime. He is the 2019 winner of the International Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category. Shain’s most recent solo disc, Gettin’ Handy with the Blues: A Tribute to the Legacy of WC Handy, was released in 2018 and is soon to come out as a music book published by Mel Bay. Shain’s latest releases recorded along with long-time collaborator FJ Ventre are the gorgeous roots album, Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon (2019) and Never Found Way to Tame the Blues (2021).
Jon grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a Merrimack River mill town that had already seen its better days by the time he was a child in the 1970s. His family’s, business was a small textile dyeing company, and he worked in the factory during the summers throughout his teens.
At the same time, Shain began to discover his love of American roots music, and songwriting, specifically drawn to the narratives about regular people and themes of social justice.
Shain headed south to North Carolina in 1986 to study American History at Duke University and continue his musical journey.
In addition to studying with jazz professor Paul Jeffrey, he also had the good fortune to learn the piedmont blues tradition firsthand by playing in Big Boy Henry’s backing band. At this time, Shain also got to meet and play with John Dee Holeman and some of the great older NC blues players.
Shain’s classes in school were heavily concentrated in southern history, English, and world religions. That mixture of the academic environment and real-world blues music is what has most informed his musical direction.
Shain cut his touring teeth from 1989-1998 founding the Chapel Hill, NC folk-rock group, Flyin’ Mice, and their spin-off group, WAKE. The band performed with acts such as David Grisman, Tony Rice Unit, Hot Tuna, and the Dixie Dregs, released four CDs, and played clubs, schools, and festivals up and down the East Coast, building a legion of fans.
After his band’s breakup, Shain went solo, returning to his roots in the folk and blues circuit. In addition to two albums with FJ Ventre and one with Joe Newberry, Jon has released ten albums of his own folk-blues compositions. Shain and Ventre also recently produced Donna Herula’s blues radio chart-topping album, Bang at the Door.
The last several years have seen Shain and Ventre headlining listening rooms on the East Coast, in the Midwest, and in Europe, as well as opening shows for John Hiatt, Keb’ Mo’, Little Feat, and others. When Shain is not recording, producing other artists, or performing, he stays busy giving private instruction in Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar and teaching group workshops in songwriting and blues guitar.
FJ VENTRE – Upright bass, vocals
FJ Ventre and Jon began playing music together in 1982 when they met in high school. FJ went on to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, earning a B.A. in Music Performance and Sound Recording. He remained in the Boston area, performing in the city’s vibrant music scene. Since relocating to Chapel Hill, NC in 2000, Ventre has performed with his own group The Swang Brothers, as well as Chris Stamey, Rebecca and the Hi-Tones, and Matt Hill. In addition to performing as a sought-after sideman, he spends his time behind the mixing board, engineering at his own Good Luck Studio, and operating his graphic design firm Tadpole Designs.

Jim Patton And Sherry Brokus
2023-11-24 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Patton met Brokus at a bar in Arnold, MD, when she approached him on a break and asked if she could sing a song with his band. Despite strict rules against strangers sitting in, Patton agreed she could sing Neil Young’s “Cowgirl in the Sand” with them. She and Patton have sung together ever since. They listened to a lot of Richard & Linda Thompson, the Byrds, the Airplane, the Everly Brothers, and Emmy Lou Harris singing with Bob Dylan when they started, but from the beginning they developed their own style.
Patton cites 20th century American fiction (“from Fitzgerald and Hemingway and Faulkner to Kerouac and Salinger and Raymond Chandler”) and the various lives of the friends he grew up (“I knew doctors and lawyers and waitresses and teachers and water rats and gravediggers and the guy who drove the truck that emptied the port-o-pots all over the state”) as the main source of his lyrical inspiration.
Musically, Patton says he learned to play acoustic guitar playing Bob Dylan and Neil Young songs, and electric in a band playing Rolling Stones songs, and “that was pretty much it for covers”

Adam Narimatsu’s Funktacular @49 West! 2 SHOWS 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
2023-11-25 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Well, it’s happening. Funktacular is back at 49 West for the annual post-Thanksgiving funk fest but this time it is on SATURDAY, 11/25/23. Cory, Aggie, and I are so stoked to be back in Annapolis for our favorite late November tradition: getting funky.
Per usual, the evening will be divided up into 2 sets. The first set will be a bit chiller, a bit lighter, but nevertheless funky. That’s from 7:30-9:30! Second set gets a little funkier and a little more electric and starts at 9:30 with end time tbd :D.
Sets are $15 a piece, but if you RSVP for both you get half off set #2 (for a meager total of $22.50 to use our jams to help work off that Thanksgiving food baby!)
**PLEASE NOTE: this show has sold out every time we’ve played it, so you will 1) need to call ahead to 49 West (number below) to get a seat, and 2) please please inform the person who answers WHICH set(s) you are hoping to reserve for!**
You can reach 49 West at 410-626-9796. We can’t wait!

Shook/ Russo 4 Tet
2023-11-30 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | 49 West – The Back Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Amy Shook – acoustic bass
Pat Shook – tenor saxophone
Frank Russo – drums
Jonathan Epley – guitar
The Shook/Russo 4tet has been performing together since 2005 in the mid-Atlantic region. Their focus has always been to compose and perform their own original music within the jazz idiom, honoring the masters by carrying on the tradition. Be it through blues, swing, bebop, soul jazz, or more modern funk and groove, the group has developed an incredible and unique sound by merging the diverse backgrounds of each of these fine musicians into one voice. The result is a whirlwind of grooves, melodies, and diverse textures that are a true delight to hear. Collectively, the members of the Shook/Russo 5tet have performed extensively throughout the United States, as well as performed in Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean and at festivals such as the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Jazz Festival, the Stan Getz Jazz Festival, the East Coast Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and the Telluride Jazz Festival, the Wall Street Jazz Festival and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival to name a few. They currently have two CDs out on Summit Records, and will be releasing a new album later this year, featuring all new music by members of the band.

1st Fridays with Tom Mitchell
2023-12-01 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
On the 1st Friday of the month, guitar player Tom Mitchell brings in a few of his noteworthy friends to play jazz, Western Swing, Blues and Tradtional Roots music. Come on out! It will help ya!

John Jensen
2023-12-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-16 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | MD

Solid Sender w/ Big Joe Maher
2023-12-02 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Saturday, December 2nd…Solid sender is pleased to announce that Big Joe Maher will be sitting in with us. This will certainly be a treat for everyone! Call soon for reservations , as seating is limited!

Backroom Sessions hosted by Skribe
2023-12-04 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | MD

Jeff Antoniuk Quartet
2023-12-07 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Jeff Antoniuk – tenor sax
John Lee – guitar
Blake Meister – bass
Frank Russo – drums
See you at one of the hippest little listening rooms in the DMV!

Big 3 Trio
2023-12-08 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | MD
Big Joe, John Previti, Jim Stephanson

Christmas Show with Steve Abshire, Sue Matthews & Joe Holt
2023-12-09 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Steve Abshire, Sue Matthews and Joe Holt

2nd Monday Songwriters Showcase hosted by Angie Miller
2023-12-11 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Angie Miller hosting with special guests TBA. 2nd Monday at 49 West is a monthly concert series featuring local and regional songwriters. It’s a chance to see some great artists up close and personal in the cozy back room of this downtown Annapolis coffeehouse and wine bar. Call 410-626-9796 for reservations. Visit the 49 West website for more info. $15 cover.

Pam Godfrey Classical Duo
2023-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Join us for classical night every 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Moran Tripp Band
2023-12-14 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | MD

The High & Wides
2023-12-15 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | MD
Music starts at 8.
“Apostles of Hillbilly Boogie” – Washington Post
We dig playing the intimate room at 49 West – it holds about 40 people and is a spot where bands and audiences can really connect. The cover will be $20, and you can call 410-626-9796 to make a reservation. If you make a reservation but won’t be able to attend, please call and cancel so someone else can take your place.
The High & Wides project a big, driving sound—musical traditions re-imagined for a new century. With roots in urban Baltimore and the rural Delmarva peninsula, they take their bluegrass backgrounds and weave in influences from new wave to old time to make music that defies boundaries while evoking the era when country, bluegrass, western swing, and early rock’n’roll mingled freely.
They have three albums: 2018’s “Lifted” and 2019’s “Seven True Stories” feature the band’s strong songwriting and arranging, and 2022’s “Blood: Family Harmony Classics” highlights their roots with covers of songs by groups such as the Kershaw Brothers, Maddox Brothers & Rose, and the Carter Family.
