Monday Jazz: Matt Schatz Jazz Collective at Afterthought Bistro and Bar

For many years a diverse and multigenerational audience has enjoyed Monday Jazz at The Afterthought, where other musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. Currently there is a $5 cover charge and the music lasts from 8:30 p.m. until approximately 11:30 p.m. The style/sub-genre of jazz varies from week to week. Featured performers on 21 September 2015 are Matt Schatz (sax), Steve Hudelson (guitar), Brad Birge (bass), and Scott Southern (drums); photos and a music sample for the group were posted to the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's Facebook page on 20 September 2015. ...

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For many years a diverse and multigenerational audience has enjoyed Monday Jazz at The Afterthought, where other musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. Currently there is a $5 cover charge and the music lasts from 8:30 p.m. until approximately 11:30 p.m. The style/sub-genre of jazz varies from week to week. Featured performers on 21 September 2015 are Matt Schatz (sax), Steve Hudelson (guitar), Brad Birge (bass), and Scott Southern (drums); photos and a music sample for the group were posted to the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's Facebook page on 20 September 2015.

The $5 cover charge is sometimes waived for those dining in the restaurant, but a full menu (shown at afterthoughtbistroandbar.com) is also available in the adults-only club during normal restaurant hours. A description (along with photos and a local map) for the venue is provided via the link at the top of this Jazz Near You entry.

The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation (which sponsors and maintains the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame) holds each of its board meetings (as well as an occasional meet-and-greet) before/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.

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