Monday Jazz: Sounds So Good at Afterthought Bistro and Bar

Each week a diverse, multigenerational audience enjoys Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover charge by venue) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished jazz musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. Featured on 22 September 2014 is Sounds So Good, a jazz quintet led by pianist Curtis "JJ" Adams and including vocalist Tamisha "Sonnie" Cheatham, saxophonist Tim Woods, bassist Ivan Yarbrough, and percussionist Gavin Hawkins. The group's jazz includes bebop, straight-ahead, Latin, new fusion, and smooth.

The $5 cover charge is usually 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. ...

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Each week a diverse, multigenerational audience enjoys Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover charge by venue) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished jazz musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. Featured on 22 September 2014 is Sounds So Good, a jazz quintet led by pianist Curtis "JJ" Adams and including vocalist Tamisha "Sonnie" Cheatham, saxophonist Tim Woods, bassist Ivan Yarbrough, and percussionist Gavin Hawkins. The group's jazz includes bebop, straight-ahead, Latin, new fusion, and smooth.

The $5 cover charge is usually 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 (which sponsors and maintains the 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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