Jazzway 6004: News

The Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys is now featuring Thursday Night Jazz from 6 to 9 PM in their comfortable courtyard cocktail lounge.

  

Stop in and relax in their beautifully renovated space, sip a few drinks and enjoy the best in local area jazz! The Radisson is partnering with Jazzway 6004 to produce the series. Marianne and M2K Jazz will be featured as a scheduled performer.

The September line-up includes

 September 2 - The Michael Raitzyk Duo (w Jeff Reed)

 September 9 - The Delandria Mills Trio

 September 16 - The Sara Jones - Tom Lagana Trio (w Tom Baldwin)

 September 23 - The Craig Alston Trio

September 30 - The Marianne Matheny-Katz w. the Unified Jazz Ensemble - (Mike Noonan, John Pineda, Dominic Smith)

 

In September The Radisson will be adding Sunday Jazz Brunches from 11 am - 2 pm 

Scheduled Sunday performers in September are:

 September 12 - Warren Wolf Duo

 September 19 - Delandria Mills Duo

 September 26 - Darius Scott Duo

 The Radisson at Cross Keys has free secure covered parking in the back of the hotel. The Radisson at Cross Keys is located at : 5100 Falls Road Baltimore, Maryland 21210 (410) 532-6900 http://www.radisson.com/baltimoremd

PLEASE come out and help make this a successful series!! We need music more than ever to help uplift our spirits!!

Hello All-

We are implementing some immediate programmatic changes at Jazzway 6004 as a result of some unforseen circumstances.

 Until further notice we will no longer offer dinner with our concerts except for rare special events. Current dinner concerts have been changed to dessert concerts. If you have ordered dinner tickets for the September 25th concert, please contact us at 410-624-2222 and leave us a message.

Also the date on the Rachael Price concert was changed from September 18th to September 25th.  This concert will be a dessert buffet concert.

We are sorry for the inconvenience these changes may cause you, but as we have mentioned, they are all due to unforeseen circumstances.

Jazzway 6004 is on vacation until September, but we'll post some great jazz events happening this summer in Baltimore 

 

July 17 at Artscape: The Billie Holiday Tribute Concert

Thanks ALL - we had a great time.  All the performances were top notch!

     

 

                                                        Remembering Uncle Joe

 

Joseph Albert Casucci  - June 15, 1928- July 8, 2010

 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Joseph Albert Casucci, 82, of The Villages, Fla., a former Staten Island resident who was one of the founding families of the Eden II School for Autistic Children, died last Thursday in Florida Hospital East, Orlando.

Born in Manhattan, he was brought to West Brighton as a child. After his marriage in 1952, he moved to Sunnyside. He settled in The Villages about 10 years ago.

Mr. Casucci worked for over 20 years as vice president of Covent Ventilating, Manhattan. While working with the company, Mr. Casucci designed air conditioning systems for the former World Trade Center, Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall. He retired in 1990.

Mr. Casucci attended McKee High School, and left to join the U.S. Navy, where he served as pharmacist’s mate during World War II. After receiving his general equivalency diploma, Mr. Casucci briefly attended Wagner College, Grymes Hill, and earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from New York University’s School of Engineering.  According to family, he went to school at night for 12 years while working to support his family.

Mr. Casucci and his wife, Jean, were among the founding families that created the Eden II School for Autistic Children. At that time in 1976, the program operated inside the former Bayley Seton Hospital, Clifton. The program evolved into multiple locations boroughwide that provide classroom and vocational instruction; adaptive physical education; speech therapy; psychological, social and residential services; parent training, and adult training. It serves children from pre-school age to adult.

Mr. Casucci served as the school’s first president and, according to family, because his son, Larry, was autistic, both he and his wife were actively involved in caring for their son and creating the school’s programs.

Mr. Casucci was a man of sincere personal Christian faith, who had a deep love for family and friends, family members said. He was proud of his Italian ethnicity, and was committed to the honor and tradition of his heritage.

Deeply patriotic, he was a former member of the Joseph F. Merrell American Legion Post, West Brighton.

Mr. Casucci was an avid Yankees fan, golfer and a longtime member of the Staten Island Fairway Golf Club.

“He was known for his infectious smile, exceptional dancing ability, generous spirit and uncanny ability to tell an entertaining story,” said his wife of 58 years, the former Jean Polizzi.

He enjoyed spending time with family and was especially devoted to his grandchildren.

Along with his wife, Jean, also surviving are four sons, Steve, Joe, Daniel and Larry; two daughters, Annmarie Mercaldo and Jeanette Rasmussen; one brother, Carmine; four sisters, Antoinette Kilgannon, Rose Collo, Anna Mantani and Florence Peters, and six grandchildren.

The funeral will be Friday from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a service at 10 a.m. in the Church at the Gateway, Richmond Valley. Burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Brighton. 

 

 

PLEASE SEE THE CALENDAR FOR NEW CONCERTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR 2010 including:

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED - WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: Saturday, May 15th (8:30 PM) Vocalist Kathy Kosins  (tickets on line NOW!)

Sunday, May 16h - A SPECIAL EVENT - The Terell Stafford Quintet at An Die Musik (in partnership with Jazzway 6004)

(Tickets on line NOW!)

Saturday, June 26th 7:00 PM - Warren Wolf with special guest Tia Fuller - Jazzway 6004's 3rd anniversary concert!

(tickets are on line) 

 

Check our wesite for updates on the RADISSON CROSS KEYS Thursday Night Jazz series and the BALTIMORE JAZZ ALLIANCE website www.baltimorejazz.com (click on "Jazz Calendar") to access the best information on jazz offerings in the greater Baltimore area.

Geoffrey Himes wrote a wonderful piece on Jazzway 6004 in the November 11^th issue of the Baltimore City Paper:

The Lake House: Jazzway 6004 offers one of the finer listening experiences in the city. http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=19251

 

We are currently booked through JUNE 2010. Because we are in a residential neighborhood, we present only one concert per month, so there are many fewer slots than their are requests to perform. IN THE FUTURE WE PLAN TO OFFER ABOUT 8 OR 9 CONCERTS PER YEAR. 

 I have turned over ALL future bookings to a selection committee because I have too many requests to process or respond to on an individual basis. The committee will select the remiander of the artists for the 2010 season and or the 2011 season. Please send your electronic press kit to mmkatz@jazzway6004.org OR you can mail your press package and demo CD to the address below and all materials will be given to our selection panel. Please include Friday or Saturday dates that you would be avaialble after September 2010. The venue address and mailing address is:

Jazzway 6004

6004 Hollins Ave

Baltimore, MD 21210

THE URBANITE did a beautiful article on the house in their feature SPACE. A wonderful story by David Dudley gives an accurate portrayal of the Jazzway 6004 atmosphere and Anne Gummerson’s photos are spectacular! Check out the link at:

http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=76§ionID=4&articleID=1316

THANKS SO MUCH to all of you who turned out for our performance at Artscape on Saturday July 18th at 2:30 on the Charles St. Stage!!

We had a great time and an overwhleming response from the audience. I had the great fortune to perform songs and arrangements from my soon to be released CD "Open the Door" with the greatest band in the world!! The stellar and ultimate all star instrumental line up included:
Vince Evans –piano
Eric Wheeler – bass
Eric Kennedy – drums
Craig Alston – tenor sax
Tim Green – alto sax/flute
Todd Marcus – clarinet and bass clarinet
Tommy Williams – trumpet
Warren Wolf - vibes

250 free CD's were given out containing 3 unmixed studio session cuts from the upcoming CD.

Thank you sponsors: Automated Laundry Systems, Absolute Paving, Computer Express, Jazzway 6004 and The Radisson Hotel Cross Keys – Thursday Jazz Series.

- 101 Things To Eat, See, & Do - Jazzway 6004 is #56

from Baltimore Magazine"
56. One of the area's best jazz venues is tucked inside an elegant house at 6004 Hollins Avenue near Lake Roland. Jazzway 6004 hosts the likes of Carl Grubbs, Lafayette Gilchrist, Gary Thomas, Jay Clayton, Joel Holmes, and George Colligan in an intimate setting (capacity 60-65) that, in addition to the amazing music, also features home-cooked meals. Tickets must be bought in advance through Jazzway's website, jazzway6004.org.

Article Link:
http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/article.asp?t=1&m=1&c=30&s=482&ai=83660

There are two good reasons to purchase the April issue of Downbeat Magazine. One of their regular departments "The Beat" (page 14) features an article about jazz house concerts, and Jazzway 6004 was one of three venues across the US that was interviewed and included in the article. These are some nice quotes from Jeff Antoniuk and Joel Holmes in the article.

The review section of the April Downbeat (page 69) features Baltimore's own Warren Wolf who had his CD "RAW" reviewed - receiving 4 STARS!

Warren will be at Jazzway in June and you can find a link to purchase his dynamic CD in our "products" section:
www.jazzway6004.org/products.html
So pick up the April issue of Downbeat to read about Jazzway 6004 and the great Baltimore jazz scene.

If you have attended a concert at Jazzway and have some favorite digital photos of the venue and artists, please share them with us. We are always looking for recent photos to put up on the website. Please e-mail them us at mmkatz@jazzway6004.org - The photos should be in jpeg format. If we use one of your photos we'll make sure we credit you on the website.

ALSO if you have performed or attended a concert here please give us some feedback in our website guestbook. We appreciate your comments, suggestions and memorable endorsements!