John Jensen
2022-02-05 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-12 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-19 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-26 16:00 - 18:00, 2022-03-05 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax)
Blues guitar

Backroom Sessions with Alex Peters & Jessie Marie, hosted by Skribe
2022-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)
The Back Room Sessions is a song & story concert series happening on the 1st Monday of every month at 49 West Coffeehouse in Historic Annapolis, MD. The featured artists are curated by local garage-folk artist Skribe who also hosts & performs a set. All shows are recorded so please keep refrain from conversation during performances. $10 cover will be added to your check and goes to the artists. Doors at 7:30.
49 West Coffehouse & Winebar provides an intimate artsy concert experience with full table service and no TVs.
There are 40 seats and we often sell out so call 49 West at (410) 626-9796 to reserve your table now!
Featured artists for Monday Feb 7th 2022 are Jessie Marie & Alexander Peters.
Jessie Marie
https://www.jessiemariemusic.com/
Alexander Peters
About

Skribe
https://www.skribestudios.com/

Unified Jazz Ensemble
2022-02-08 19:00 - 21:30, 2022-02-15 19:00 - 21:30, 2022-02-22 19:00 - 21:30, 2022-03-01 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
2022-02-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-02-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-02-23 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-02 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | 49 West – The Front Room, 49 West St., Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Jimmy Jacobs, Rurik Reshetiloff & more!

Tom Lagana Group
2022-02-09 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Tom Lagana, Tom Baldwin & Dominic Smith

Dave Chappell Trio
2022-02-11 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)
Coming up for February 11th at 49 west ! 7-930
Steve Abshire,
David Chappell
John Previti

Jim Stephanson
2022-02-12 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)

Jim Rosenthal "Old Man Mojo"
2022-02-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)

2nd Monday Songwriters Showcase with Michael K, Mike McHenry & Michael Whiskey, Angie Miller hosts
2022-02-14 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)
“I like Mikes” show with Michael K, Michael Mchenry, and Michael Waskey, Angie Miller hosts

Jeff Antoniuk’s Monthly Jazz Jam
2022-02-17 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Jeff Antoniuk’s Monthly JazzWire Jam Session
December 16 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm ($10 cover)
One of the top jazz jam sessions in the DC/MD/VA area is right here at 49 West! Hosted by jazz education legend Jeff Antoniuk, and sponsored by JazzWire (www.JazzWire.net), this is friendly, welcoming and swinging good time. Adult amateurs and semi-pros, high school students and hot shot college players all converge on the 3rd Thursday of the month to share their stuff.
The first set (7:30pm) features one of Jeff Antoniuk’s Jazz Band Masterclass (www.JazzBandMasterclass.com) groups in concert. From 8:30pm on, they are the house band for the jam session. Come one, come all, and tell your friends. There isn’t a more fun night out this month! Cover $10

MR VCR
2022-02-18 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax)

Shep Tullier & Jimmy Jacobs
2022-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Shep Tullier and Jim Jacobs return to the 49 West Listening Room for an evening of live music. Come enjoy cocktails and fine food. Please call 410-626-9796 to make reservations!

Itzall Good Music Series presents Rupert Wates
2022-02-21 19:00 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Rupert Wates
February 21, 2022 at 7:30PM
49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar and Gallery
49 West ST
Annapolis MD.
Seating is limited so please buy tickets in advance or make a reservation by calling 410-626-9796.
Tickets $17
https://rupertwates.bpt.me
Door – $20
Rupert Wates:
https://rupertwatesmusic.com
Video:’Days Of Mercy’

Rupert Wates was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He has been a full time songwriter since the late 1990s, when he signed a publishing contract with Eaton Music Limited. In London he worked with some of the best performers in the city. Moving in 2001 to Paris, Wates formed his own quartet and began playing live regularly. In fall 2006 he came to the US. He is now based in New York City and Colorado. Since coming to the US, he has won more than 40 songwriting and performing awards (www.rupertwatesmusic.com/awards).
His music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released nine solo CDs. They have received outstanding reviews in the international online press and tracks from them have been played on radio all over the world. In addition, Wates’ songs have been covered by other artists in the UK, Canada and the US. Two full length tribute CDs to his material have been recorded: ‘Crazy Puzzle’ (2015) by Nashville-based performer Roxie Rogers, and ‘Wide Open Heart’ (July 2017) by Los Angeles vocalist Susan Kohler. Both these CDs were initiated and funded entirely by the artists themselves, and comprise exclusively songs taken from Rupert Wates’ back catalog. Over 20 recordings featuring Wates’s songs by other artists were made in 2016, and more are scheduled for 2017 (full list at www.rupertwatesmusic.com/covers).
In 2010 Wates released Joe’s Café, an album of 15 original songs based on true stories, each interpreted by a different vocalist, retelling the stories of ordinary American people. Through them we trace the story of America itself: through two world wars, the Dust Bowl depression, Vietnam and the struggle for Civil Rights, all the way to the present day. Recorded live in the studio in a single weekend, the album’s warm sound evokes the welcoming atmosphere of an all-night café, where friends gather to share their stories. Featured virtuoso musicians on the recording include Darol Anger on violin and Michael Manring on bass.
Joe’s Café has been presented very successfully at Festivals throughout North America, and in other venues in New York City and in the southeastern United States. The show won Best Music Revue in the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival. More information about Joe’s Cafe is at www.bitemusiclimited.com.
In 2014, Wates joined forces with Toronto-based virtuoso pianist Bartosz Hadala to form a piano/guitar duo called The Nightwatchers (www.thenightwatchers.com).
The duo tour Canada and Europe regularly. In March 2015 they recorded and released a debut CD entitled The Nightwatchers, featuring some of the standout songs of Wates’ extensive catalog.
Rupert Wates averages 120 live shows every year, in front of audiences totaling more than 3,500, in acoustic venues in every state in America, in Canada and in Europe. He performs sometimes alone, sometimes with his trio or his quartet. He prefers smaller listening rooms where the audience is up close and the emphasis is on the music. He was voted an Artist Of The Year in both 2013 and 2016 by the international house concert network Concerts In Your Home (www.concertsinyourhome.com), and for five years running he has been the most booked performer on their database of several hundred artists. In 2018, Wates was a Finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest, and an Emerging Artist at Falconridge Folk Festival.
Despite Wates’ British background, and underpinning the universality of his music’s appeal, Folk And Acoustic Music Exchange has called him “a prime figure in American music” (www.acousticmusic.com) and goes on: “This is one gifted sonofabitch… If you’re not hip to this guy yet you’re missing out.”
Audiences everywhere respond to Wates’ brand of melodic art/folk—haunting songs that ring true.
Discography: Lamentations (2020), Full Circle (2019),The Lights Of Paris (2017), Colorado Mornings (2016), The Nightwatchers (2015), The Rank Outsiders Ball (2014), At the Losers’ Motel (2012), Joe’s Café (2010), Dear Life (2008), Coast to Coast (2007) and Sweet or Bitter Wine (2005).

Shook/ Russo 4 Tet
2022-02-24 19:30 - 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 5tet 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.

Brother Bill Quintet
2022-02-25 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)
50s-60s Classic BlueNote style Jazz
Featuring Dan Gutwein, Vince McCool
Eric Shramek, Nick Ruggieri, Tam Sullivan

Skribe
2022-02-26 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)

Soren Mattson
2022-02-28 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)
Brian Goddard, Jordon Stanley, and Soren Mattson playing a last-minute show this Monday. 7pm 10$ cover.

Jeff Antoniuk & Helluvaband
2022-03-03 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax)
Jeff Antoniuk & Helluvaband. Our classic “1st Thursday” gig, featuring the fantastic Mike Pope on bass, John Lee on guitar, and Frank Russo on drums.
49 West Street, Annapolis, MD (410-626-9796).
$10 cover (eclectic, funky, swinging jazz)

John Previti, Tom Mitchell & Danny Nicely
2022-03-04 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)

The Solid Sender Trio
2022-03-05 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Halifax)
Please call for reservations at 410-626-9796.
Solid Sender -Leslie Agre, Rurik Reshetilof and Jimmy Jacobs
