Monday Jazz: That Arkansas Weather 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. Featured on 17 February 2014 will be That Arkansas Weather, which (according to its Facebook page) "began in 2012 when a fluid group of former and current UALR music majors began getting together and playing..." Those performing regularly with the group include Lucas Murray (guitarist), Matt Schatz (sax), Al McGilvery (keys), Brad Birge (bass), and Daniel Olah (drums). Other jazz musicians may be invited to sit in....

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SCROLL DOWN TO "COMMENTS" SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS AND PHOTOS.

Each week a diverse, multigenerational audience enjoys Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover) at The Afterthought. Featured on 17 February 2014 will be That Arkansas Weather, which (according to its Facebook page) "began in 2012 when a fluid group of former and current UALR music majors began getting together and playing..." Those performing regularly with the group include Lucas Murray (guitarist), Matt Schatz (sax), Al McGilvery (keys), Brad Birge (bass), and Daniel Olah (drums). Other jazz musicians may be invited to sit in.

The club's 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. During cold weather, the club's fireplace adds warmth to the intimate venue, which was designed specifically for jazz.

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. 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.)

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