New Membership Drive throughout the summer season!
Please scroll down to the bottom of this schedule for complete membership information.
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452 Great Road (Rte.2A/119)
Acton, MA 01720
Located behind The Workers’ Credit Center
Telephone 978-263-6161
Enjoy cocktails on our lovely outdoor patio!
“The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Thursday 6/26:
6:30-7:45 p.m.
Starchild
featuring Gwenn Vivian/ vocals
Molly Flannery/ piano
& David Gold/ bass
with Miki Matsuki/drums
8:00 p.m. until midnight
The Blues Jam!
--an Acton institution since 1997
with B.J. Magoon & Friends
Listeners/dancers/newcomers welcome!
$5 music charge
Friday June 27:
Dinner seating 6-7 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m.
Tyra Penn’s Army of Snakes
Drawing on the works of Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell and
Leonard Cohen, vocalist Tyra Penn continues to do her best to
keep a few steps ahead of the jazz police...
Joining Tyra Penn on this gig is guitarist Paul Courchaine, the
original Snake, along with new reptilian cohorts John Funkhouser
on bass and Mike Connors on drums. Then stick around for the
second show, John Funkhouser puts down the bass, picks up the
piano (very strong, that John) and leads his own trio Funkhouse.
$10 music charge
Later show seating 8:45-9:30 p.m.
9:30-midnight
Funkhouse
FunkHouse is an energetic, accessible blend of modern jazz, funk, blues, 20th century classical, Indian classical, and European and American folk music which create a funky, groove oriented, progressive and original sound. FunkHouse’s music is a rich, dramatic cinematic experience, complete with excitement, suspense, love scenes, unexpected left turns and satisfying endings that send you home feeling like all is right with the world.
FunkHouse is:
John Funkhouser, piano, keyboards
Greg Loughman, bass
Mike Connors, drums
FunkHouse on the web:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/funkhousejazz
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jbfunkhouser
$15 music charge
(enjoy both shows this evening for $20)
Saturday, June 28:
Dinner seating 6-7 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m. dinner show
The Michael Chasse Quartet
Michael Chasse/ guitar
Jim Kangas/ guitar
Wil Davis/ bass
Ben Clark/ drums
$10 music charge
Later show seating 8:45-9:30 p.m.
9:30-midnight
Benefit Concert! Keep the AJC alive!
The Back Beat Blues Band
BackBeat Blues consists of four men and a woman: guitar, two keyboards, bass and drums, and four of us sing. We play tunes by B.B. King, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, Elvin Bishop, Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Aretha Franklin, Koko Taylor, ZZ Top and more. We’ve also been known to break out tunes by Otis Redding, Al Greene, and old Motown favorites.
$10 music charge
Sunday 6/29:
Jazz Buffet Brunch (noon-3 p.m.)
with The Paul Broadnax Trio
Paul Broadnax/ piano & vocals
Peter Kontrimas/ bass
Les Harris Jr./ drums
$14.95 continental buffet $24.95 full brunch buffet
(Half price for kids under 12)
4-7 p.m.
The Jazz Jam!
featuring “The Jazz Room Live”
-a new television show returning to videotape at The Acton Jazz Café!
with host/ vocalist Joan Watson-Jones
Frank Wilkins/ piano
Dave Zox/ bass
Nat Mugavero/ drums
Newcomers & listeners welcome!
$5 cover charge
AJC’s next two
weekends’ featured acts:
(Plan & reserve ahead!)
Friday July 4:
AJC will be closed for the holiday.
Saturday July 5:
Dinner seating 6-7 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m.
Starchild
My band!
featuring Molly Flannery/ piano
details to follow…
$10 music charge
Later show seating 8:45-9:30 p.m.
9:30-midnight
The Tony Gallo Band
John Hyde- keyboard, piano & organ
Frank Wilkins- keyboard, piano & organ
Noah Maltsberger- guitars
Fabio Pirozzolo- drums/percussion
Tony Gallo- voice & harmonica (? piano on a tune)
$15 music charge
Friday July 11:
Dinner seating 6-7 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m. jazz vocalist
Wendee Glick
“The Cycle of Love”
with Steve Heck/ piano
Bob Ullman/ guitar
Jerry Wilfong/ bass
$10 music charge
Later show seating 8:45-9:30 p.m.
9:30-midnight
Brasilis
Brazilian Jazz with Fernando Brandao
Fernando Brandao/ flute
Gilson Schachnik/ piano
Fernando Huergo/ bass
Bertram Lehmann/ drums
$15 music charge
(enjoy both shows this evening for $20)
Saturday July 12:
Dinner seating 6-7 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m. dinner show
The Yoko Miwa Trio
Yoko Miwa/ piano
Scott Goulding/ drums
Greg Loughman/ bass
$10 music charge
Later show seating 8:45-9:30 p.m.
9:30-midnight
The Delta Generators
As their name implies, The Delta Generators combine the urgency and soulfulness of delta blues with the power and energy of early rock 'n' roll. While, in the broader sense, they could be classified as a blues band, there is room on that big blue canvas for brush strokes of Memphis soul, Louisiana funk, and classic rock 'n' roll. The combination of clever songwriting and inspired performances on their new CD "Devil in the Rhythm" shows why critics and audiences are calling them the best new blues band in New England. "Devil in the Rhythm" CD debuts July1st 2008.
$15 music charge
The Acton Jazz Café
2008/09 Membership Drive!
Dear friends,
It’s time to renew our lease again, and to proceed into a bright future together with great live musical entertainment, food, drink, and camaraderie here at your Acton Jazz Cafe!
Without you, we couldn’t do it.
All existing AJC memberships expire as of 7/31/08.
Please dive in headfirst now and join a growing throng of supporters who value our world-class music in a home-grown, casual, intimate, artful leisure time atmosphere.
This summer, more than ever before, AJC needs the support, and especially the patronage, of our local friends from nearby surrounding towns. If you’re home for the weekend, please consider dropping by in person to enjoy a show, and select your membership while you’re here! Effective immediately!
Thanks, a thousand times over, for all of your encouragement and support in 2007/2008!
We are all in this together.
Yours truly,
Gwenn Vivian
AJC Membership Option
1: New!
The Inner Circle
$35/ month
This is a subscription membership for all of the people who wish that they came here more often. We have heard from so many of you lately that we’ve decided to offer you a monthly opportunity for a hassle-free visit. For $35 a month (Charged to your credit card # on the 25th of every previous month) we will automatically email you, that same day, a $50 gift certificate good for the coming month, along with the month’s schedule, and an invitation to make a special early inner-circle reservation for your chosen show. Advance seating options and complimentary cheese and crackers will round out your evening here. This Inner Circle Membership helps the AJC to meet its monthly bills in a timely manner, and saves you $15 a month on your celebration here! The Inner Circle comes to life as of June 25/ July 1. Cancel anytime.
Membership Option 2:
The Gold Card
$250
Free admission to any and all shows for 1 year.*
This option is best for anyone who wants to enjoy the AJC on a weekly or even nightly basis. Gold membership makes it a no-brainer to just drop by on your way home or out, for an early show, a late show, or both!
(*Exceptions are one-price all-inclusive events: Mothers’ Day, Valentines’ Day, and New Year’s Eve. Gold membership also entitles you to $25% off on our Sunday Brunch.)
Membership Option 3:
The Green Card
$150
Free admission to all weeknight shows (excluding Fridays and Saturdays) for one year.*
This option is best for jammers and jam fans—those who come most frequently for our weekly Thursday night Blues Jam or Sunday afternoon Blues Jam. Make it a weekly habit!
(*Exceptions are one-price all-inclusive events: Mothers’ Day, Valentines’ Day, and New Year’s Eve. Green membership also entitles you to $25% off on our Sunday Brunch.)
Membership Option 4:
The Gift Card
$50
This is a punchcard which entitles the bearer to 6 free admissions to the café.
Good for all shows. A perfect gift for a music loving friend, or for a family!
Option 5:
Buy a Brick!
$35, or $20 with any other membership program. This is just for the heck of it.
You get to own the brick for the life of the café. (You have to leave it here, though…)
We’ll provide the gold & silver markers; you choose a brick on the café interior wall, and sign your name, write your haiku, state your opinion, leave your mark, support the café.
Which option is best for you? Come on in in person to sign up, or email me, gwenn@actonjazzcafe.com, to get your membership on the books now.
Senior discounts are available.
Please visit our actual site!
452 Great Road (in the rear of The Workers’ Credit Center)
Acton, MA 01720
978-263-6161
AJC is normally open from 6 p.m. until midnight Thursdays through Saturdays
& from noon on Sundays.
Advance reservations (at least 24 hours if possible) are always appreciated!
Easiest way to reserve: online at www.actonjazzcafe.com
View our summer menu online at www.actonjazzcafe.com
We hope to see you soon and often!
As ever,
“This will be our response to violence: to make music more intensely,
more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” -- Leonard Bernstein
The Acton Jazz Cafe was listed among Downbeat Magazine’s
“100 Great International Jazz Clubs” in 2007.
AJC 2008 Gift Certificates are now available.
Special note: Please consider making reservations at least 24 hours in advance, if possible.
Walk-ins are always welcome, of course! (space allowing),
but advance reservations really do help us to plan
our staffing and inventory with your best interests in mind! Thank you!
It’s easy to make reservations at www.actonjazzcafe.com.
Or, telephone: 978-263-6161
