Monday Jazz: Julia Buckingham Group at Afterthought Bistro and Bar

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Each week a diverse, multigenerational audience enjoys Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished jazz musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. On 5 May 2014, in observance of Cinco de Mayo, jazz with a Latin flair ("Celebrating Latin Influences in Jazz") will be presented by the Julia Buckingham Group: Julia Buckingham (keys), Gerald Johnson (sax), Joel "Jammin' JC" Crutcher (electric bass), Yvette "Babygirl" Preyer (percussion). A brief professional profile of Buckingham, an accomplished pianist who serves as Scholarship Advisor for Art Porter Music Education, is provided at the bottom of the "Scholarship" page at www.artporter.org. ...

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Each week a diverse, multigenerational audience enjoys Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished jazz musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. On 5 May 2014, in observance of Cinco de Mayo, jazz with a Latin flair ("Celebrating Latin Influences in Jazz") will be presented by the Julia Buckingham Group: Julia Buckingham (keys), Gerald Johnson (sax), Joel "Jammin' JC" Crutcher (electric bass), Yvette "Babygirl" Preyer (percussion). A brief professional profile of Buckingham, an accomplished pianist who serves as Scholarship Advisor for Art Porter Music Education, is provided at the bottom of the "Scholarship" page at www.artporter.org.

The Monday Jazz cover charge is waived for those dining in the adjoining restaurant, but a full menu (shown at www.afterthoughtbistroandbar.com) is available in the club during normal restaurant hours.

The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation/Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame holds its weekly meet-and-greet during Monday Jazz at The Afterthought because it is the only Little Rock venue which has presented live jazz continuously (at least once a week) since the 1970s. (That distinction earned the iconic club a place on the map in the first print edition of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music, published in September 2013 by the Central Arkansas Library System's Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.) Located in the historic Hillcrest neighborhood and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Afterthought and its adjoining restaurant occupy a building which served as the town hall for Pulaski Heights before its 1916 annexation by Little Rock. (Photos are provided below its description in the "Venues" section of this website.)

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