Café
Aim
Presents
Memphis Gold
Friday, September 13, 2019
Cocktails 5-6
p.m.
Show
6-8 p.m.
Ready for red clay, delta Blues? Following engagements at Blues Alley, Bethesda
Blues and Jazz Club, and the Apollo Theatre, Memphis Gold comes to Café AIM to
remind us about the soul of Jazz.
His style is hard-hitting like bluesmen gone bye. You may need your boots.
Memphis Gold is the real deal.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
Clubhouse I
Make
checks to AIM
Hors d’
oeuvres and light snacks included
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Café AIM
Presents
Shirleta Settles
August 9, 2019
Social hour 5:00
- 6 :00p.m.
Concert 6:00 -
8:00 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Shirleta is the “P” in performer. Besides her vocal gifts, she could write a
book about stage craft. Audiences are dazzled by her ability to get them into
every song. If you have never seen her take over the moment, when you do, you
will always remember seeing a lady “tearing up the place”.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks
Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’ oeuvres
and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Sheila
Ford
July
12, 2019
Cocktails 5-6 pm
Show 6-8
pm
Sheila Ford is everything you expect in a vocalist. She sells out venues like
the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to the Blue Bird Café in Moscow, Russia.
Sheila has that something, a gift making her audiences wish her shows never end.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
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Presents
Steve
Washington Quartet
“A
Tribute to Mr. B”
June 14, 2019
Social hour 5:00 - 6 :00p.m.
Concert 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Steve Washington pays homage to Billy Eckstine, one of greatest jazz baritones
of the 20th century.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets available
from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make
checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors
D’ oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Kristine Key Quartet
May
10, 2019
Show
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
“Elegant” begins describing the style of Kristine Key. And when she sings,
audiences are rewarded with tonality and phrasing compared to divas who reside
in the pantheon of greatness.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
The
Pepe Gonzalez Afro-Cuban Quintet
Featuring
---Imani
April
12, 2019
Crystal
Ballroom
Social
hour 5-6 pm
Concert
6-8 pm
Imani and Pepe Gonzalez are a marriage made in heaven. Her incredible voice and
his peerless virtuosity combine to bring performance above expectations of
audiences over the jazz world. No wonder their shows end in standing ovations.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Keith
Killgo Jazz
March
8, 2019
Cocktails 5-6 pm
Show 6-8
pm
Few musicians can match the resume of virtuoso Keith Killgo. His career began at
11 playing with
Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Bill Hardman, Art Blakey, and
Eddie Harris. Later he recorded and performed with Stanley Clarke, Woody Shaw,
George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Humphrey, Sonny Rollins, Andrew White, and
Donald Byrd. Today Mr. Killgo packs
top venues with own his group. The sounds from his quartet are unique and
cross-pollinate “straight-ahead” jazz with the ever evolving potential of music.
Keith’s prodigious compositions will become rivers from which future musicians
will drink to quench their thirsts for creativity.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
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Fred
Foss Quartet
February 8, 2019
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
Show 6-8
p.m.
Leisure World aficionados have been waiting for the return of Arts In Motion’s
favorite jazz master to Café AIM. Saxophonist and flutist Fred Foss promises to
deliver another evening of in-the-moment music sure to rival any venue in the
Washington-Metropolitan area.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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AIM
(Arts In Motion) is excited to hold our Winter Solstice Dinner and Concert, on
December 14¸ 2018. Join your fellow members for an evening of good food and
great music from the one and only Shirletta Settles.
Shirletta Settles courtesy photo
Tickets ($25.00) for this end–of-year event go on sale Monday, November 12, in the lobby of Clubhouse I. Members can purchase tickets between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Non-members may purchase between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
Please bring a list of your guests when buying your tickets. Anyone not on the
dining list will not be admitted inside the Crystal Ballroom before 6:00 pm.
New and old members of AIM, please remember when reserving a table, there is an
eight person minimum.
Doors to the Ballroom will open at 3:00 pm. Dinner will be served between 4:00
and 5:45. Entertainment begins at 6:00 pm
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Presents
Kristine Key Quartet
November 9, 2019
Show
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
“Elegant” begins describing the style of Kristine Key. And when she sings,
audiences are rewarded with tonality and phrasing compared to divas who reside
in the pantheon of greatness.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Alison
Crocket Quartet
October 12, 2018
Crystal Ballroom
Ms. Crocket’s voice drips soul with generous helpings of jazz, gospel and the
blues. Alison takes the baton from divas of the present and past greats such as
Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Donna Summer, Diana Ross and Sarah Vaughn.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
The
Pepe Gonzalez Afro-Cuban Quintet
Featuring
---Imani
September 14, 2018
Crystal
Ballroom
Social
hour 5-6 pm
Concert
6-8 pm
Imani and Pepe Gonzalez are a marriage made in heaven. Her incredible voice and
his peerless virtuosity combine to bring performance above expectations of
audiences over the jazz world. No wonder their shows end in standing ovations.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Lavenia Nesmith
August
10, 2018
Crystal Ballroom
Social
hour - 5-6 pm
Concert - 6-8 pm
Lavenia Nesmith has established herself locally and nationally as one of the top
jazz vocalists in the business. A native Washingtonian, Ms. Nesmith’s credits
include Blues Alley, Twins Jazz, Bohemian Caverns, LaPortas, and many other top
venues.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Steve
Washington Quartet
“Heart
of a Troubadour”
July 13, 2018
Social hour 5:00 - 6 :00p.m.
Concert 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Steve Washington pays homage to the great ones: Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Johnny Hartman, Johnny Mathis, Mel Tormé, Jon Lucien, Al Jarreau, and others
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets available
from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make
checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors
D’ oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Presents
Memphis Gold
June
8, 2018
Friday
5-8 p.m.
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
Ready for red clay, delta Blues? Following engagements at Blues Alley, Bethesda
Blues and Jazz Club, and the Apollo Theatre, Memphis Gold comes to Café AIM to
remind us about the soul of Jazz.
His style is hard-hitting like bluesmen gone bye. You may need your boots.
Memphis Gold is the real deal.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Janine
Carter
May
11, 2018
Social
hour 5:00 - 6 :00p.m.
Concert
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
When Janine Carter sings, you hear a beautiful voice born from the soulful pews
of gospel music. The richness of her style reminds listeners of the greats
enthroned in jazz heaven. Hearing Janine sing “Stormy Monday” once tells you why
she is acclaimed in America and around the world.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Thad
Wilson Jazz Orchestra
Featuring - Steve Washington
April
13, 2018
Friday
5-8 p.m.
Tickets: $25.00
E & R
Desk in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
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Kristine
Key Quartet
March
9, 2018
Friday
5-8 p.m.
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
“Elegant” begins describing the style of Kristine Key. And when she sings,
audiences are rewarded with tonality and phrasing compared to divas who reside
in the pantheon of greatness.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Lavenia Nesmith
February 9, 2018
Crystal Ballroom
Social
hour - 5-6 pm
Concert - 6-8 pm
Lavenia Nesmith has established herself locally and nationally as one of the top
jazz vocalists in the business. A native Washingtonian, Ms. Nesmith’s credits
include Blues Alley, Twins Jazz, Bohemian Caverns, LaPortas, and many other top
venues.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
The
Pepe Gonzalez Afro-Cuban Quintet
Featuring
---Imani
January 12, 2018
Friday
6-8 p.m.
Cocktails 5-6 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Imani and Pepe Gonzalez are a marriage made in heaven. Her incredible voice and
his peerless virtuosity combine to bring performance above expectations of
audiences over the jazz world. No wonder their shows end in standing ovations.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Sharon
Clark
December 8, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Back from sold-out performances during tours of Russia and France, Sharon Clark
returns to Café AIM to lift Leisure World residents into Jazz Heaven with her
incomparable style and voice. Few
singers are compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. She fills the void
they left with a tone and vibrato only enjoyed listening to the “great ones”.
Sharon is breath-taking perfection.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Buffet dinner included)
Presents
Nasar
Abadey Quartet
October 13, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
No wonder Nasar Abadey is one of the
hottest drummers in Jazz. He is nearly peerless with his style and masterful
virtuosity. And evening with him is pure joy for aficionados expecting a unique
moment in aural pleasure.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Thad
Wilson Jazz Orchestra
August
18, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Flip back the pages of your life to the “Big-band Era:” Thad Wilson brings his
ten-piece orchestra with vocalist Steve Wilson for an evening tribute to Joe
Williams and Nate King Cole, and jazz standards that will wash away time.
Tickets: $25.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Lavenia Nesmith
July
14, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Before she wrote her first musical -"Sistas Can Sang: A Tribute to Female
Legends of Jazz and Blues”, Lavenia Nesmith had already established herself
locally and nationally as one of the top jazz vocalists in the business. But
after the world premier of her one-woman show at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Jazz
Festival, she etched her name in the annuals of jazz history.
A native Washingtonian, Ms. Nesmith’s
credits include Blues Alley, Twins Jazz, Bohemian Caverns, LaPortas,
Jazz Night at Westminster, Oakland Mills
Jazz Series, Henley Park Hotel, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Mandarin Hotel, Tuskegee
Airmen Gala, The Arc of The Capitol, and many other top venues.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
Presents
Fred
Foss
May
12, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Leisure World aficionados have been waiting for the return of Arts In Motion’s
favorite jazz master to Café AIM. Saxophonist and flutist Fred Foss promises to
deliver another evening of in-the-moment music sure to rival any venue in the
Washington-Metropolitan area.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Janine
Gilbert Carter
April
14, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
When Janine Carter sings, you hear a beautiful voice born from the soulful pews
of gospel music. The richness of her style also reminds listeners of the greats
enthroned in jazz heaven. Hearing Janine sing “Stormy Monday” once tells you why
she is acclaimed in America and around the world.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’ oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Shirleta Settles
March
10, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
So nice the first time, fans demanded her twice. A Shirleta Settles’ performance
is par excellence. More than a vocalist, the whole venue is her stage. Listeners
are often invited to become part of the show. Shirleta enthralls audiences with
a multi-genre style. Her mastery of
Jazz, Blues, Gospel, and R & B, coupled with an incomparable ability to put you
on the edge of your seat, has made Ms. Settles a headline performer here and
abroad for decades.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’ oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Robert Penn Blues Band
February 10, 2017
Friday 7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Robert Penn takes us back to the roots of Jazz. True aficionados know the Blues
is the foundation of America’s only Classical Music. He and his Blues Band, with
their “Detroit Sound” rooted in the red clay of the Mississippi Delta, will show
Café AIM listeners why the Robert Penn Blues Band is one of the hottest shows in
the D.C./Metropolitan Area.
Tickets: $15.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’ oeuvres and Light snacks
included)
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Presents
Sharon
Clark
January 13, 2017
Friday
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Back from sold-out performances during her Scandinavian tour, Sharon Clark
returns to Café AIM to sail Leisure World residents into Jazz Heaven with her
incomparable style and voice. If
you fail to start the New Year with a table to the best jazz in the
Washington-Metropolitan area, you will never forgive yourself for missing
another sold-out evening of standing ovations celebrating this breath-taking
songstress. Perfection heard here on earth.
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks Payable to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Chad
Carter and His Jazz Emissaries
June
17, 2016
Friday,
7-9 p.m.
Cocktails 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Mr. Carter croons the best from the American Songbook. Chad’s original
compositions on his CD continue to receive praise throughout the jazz industry.
He has performed at every major jazz venue in the Washington, D.C. area, such as
Blues Alley, Vicino's, Utopia,
Twins Lounge, The Islander, The DC Improv, LaPorta's, Bohemian Caverns,
Philadelphia's LaRose Supper Club,
the famous Flushing Town Hall, And the Lenox Lounge in Harlem New York.
Tickets: $15.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks to A.I.M.
(Hors D’
oeuvres and Light snacks included)
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Presents
Bob Murad Quintet
May
13, 2016
Friday,
7-9 p.m.
Social
hour 6-7 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Bob Murad is an American Pianist/Composer who has performed as both a leader and sideman with top Jazz artists including Gary Bartz, Butch Warren, JR Monterose, Frank Morgan, Ralph Peterson Jr, Nick Brignola, Fred Foss, Webster Young, Mike Bowie, Eric Allen, James King, Kenny Rittenhouse, Antonio Parker, Jeff Marx, Lyle Link, Luis Faife and Steve Novosel.
Admission: $10.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks payable to A.I.M.
hors d'oeuvres and snacks included
Cash-bar
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Presents
Akua
Allrich Quartet
April
8, 2016
Friday,
7-9 p.m.
Social
hour 6-7 p.m.
Crystal
Ballroom
Aficionados of the local jazz scene know Akua Allrich. She regularly performs at
Blues Alley, Mr. Henry’s, Bohemian Caverns, and the Kennedy Center, just to name
a few places where Akua has captivated audiences. Her incredible musicality and
style have also made her a headliner across the country and internationally as
well. She just returned from Dubai, where she was heralded as the toast of the
town. Akua Allrich is more than a
chanteuse. She is a finely tuned instrument who plays in natural concert with
her band and the emotions of her listeners sitting on the edges of their seats.
Tickets: $12.00
Tickets
available from E & R
in clubhouse One:
Make checks payable to A.I.M.
hors d'oeuvres and snacks included
Cash-bar
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Olney Theatre
The most talked-about show of the season is sure to be this world premiere, directed and co-written by Tony® Award-nominee Moisés Kaufman (33 Variations, Gross Indecency, The Laramie Project Cycle), with heralded Cuban-American playwright Eduardo Machado, and music adapted from Bizet’s opera by two-time Grammy Award-winner Arturo O’Farrill, this Carmen brings the action of one of the most sensual stories of all time to Cuba on the verge of revolution in 1958.
The star-studded creative team, along with Kaufman at the helm as director and Broadway’s Sergio Trujillo as choreographer (Jersey Boys, Memphis, On Your Feet), turns Bizet’s passion-fueled opera into a sexy, swinging Afro-Cuban Jazz musical. Kaufman’s Carmen is a gun-runner for the rebels, who falls fiercely in love with José, a Batista loyalist. When Cuba’s boxing legend Camilo returns to Havana, Carmen and José’s love falls tragically apart.
[CLASSIC SERIES / CONTEMPORARY SERIES]
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Fred
Foss
January 9, 2016
Saturday, 2-4 p.m.
Auditorium
Clubhouse II
Fred Foss, Saxophone,
Clarinet, Flute
Herman Burney,
Bass
Savannah Harris,
Drums
Nobel Jolley,
Piano
Tickets: $5.00
On sale
at Clubhouse I
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