ABOUT US:
Jazzway 6004 is a not-for-profit organization that promotes straight ahead jazz and blues in an affordable and intimate setting and helps build local jazz audiences for our talented area musicians. Jazzway 6004 developed out of a need for more jazz venues in Baltimore to showcase the tremendous wealth of jazz talent in our area.
We also encourage visiting artists to contact us to perform at our venue.
THE VENUE:
JAZZWAY 6004 is the home of local jazz/blues singer Marianne Matheny-Katz and her husband, Howard Katz, as well as a hospitable new venue for house concerts in Baltimore. This elegant party-house was built in 1966 by a well-known Baltimore bookie who hosted lavish, high-profile soirees. Local legend has it that both Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra were guests here. Having purchased the house in a grossly neglected state a few years ago, Marianne and Howard have lovingly refurbished it, and offer it now as a fun and intimate place to hear great jazz and other live music. The performance space seats 60-65 people. We have a complete sound system and a 6-ft Baldwin Grand piano.
Concerts are generally held on Saturdays - although there may be occasional exceptions. We offer “simple concerts” (no food), “dessert concerts” and “special event dinner concerts” (usually 2 per year) All tickets include coffee and soft drinks, dessert concert tickets include an elegant dessert, cheese and fruit buffet and dinner concerts include dinner and dessert.
HOW RESERVATIONS WORK: ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD IN ADVANCE - NO TICKETS ARE SOLD AT THE DOOR , NOR IS MONEY EXCHANGED.
The house concerts are booked as private parties and the tickets are donations to the musicians. ALL ticketing is "will call" through Brown Paper Tickets either on line or by phone. You can purchase tickets for separate events by clicking on "Buy Tickets and CD's" on our website and choose the ticket icon or use the 800 number to call in an order.
We also allow the option of printing out the reservation form located on the same section of the website and mailing it to us with a check. All checks must be received 3 days before the concert is held, but on-line tickets can be purchased up to 4 hours before the concert. Howver, popular concerts sell out quickly, so we advise that you purchase on line tickets as soon as you can.
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR EVENTS?
We announce our events on WEAA and WYPR as well as through jazz calendar links provided by the Baltimore Jazz Alliance (www.baltimorejazz.com ). Our concerts often sell out quickly, so to get direct announcements for our jazz events, go to the home page where it says: "Join the e-mail list". Type in your e-mail address and hit the "JOIN" button next to it. We will not share any of your information with others. If you have attended a concert here - please encourage your friends to visit the website and join the e-mail list. If you enjoyed youself at one of our concerts, please consider leaving some feedback in our "Guestbook" We need your help to preserve Baltimore's Jazz Heritage and to support our wonderful local jazz artists!
A NOTE TO ARTISTS : A few ground rules -
- Because we are in a residential neighborhood, we present only about 8-12 concerts each year, so there are few slots and many requests to perform.
- We are a not-for-profit and all monies minus the cost of food go directly to the performing artist. However, we can't guarantee a minimum payment or pay for transportation costs. All revenue comes from ticket receipts so the amount made by the artist will depend on the number of patrons brought in. So consider your ability to market yourself.
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- ALL future bookings have been turned over to a selection committee because there are too many requests to process or respond to on an individual basis, so please don't be offended if we can't answer your e-mails and requests personally. If you send multiple e-mails requesting an update on the selection process or hostile e-mails, we can gurantee you won't get an answer until the selection process is completed.
- We have accepted ALL artist submittals through October 1, 2010 and will be selecting the artists for the remainder of the season within the next few weeks. The period for submitting artist packages is now closed until August 2011. Once the committee has made its decisions, all artists who have submitted will be contacted.
- If you are a local musician, please consider supporting the venue and other artists– at least occasionally. You may even offer to volunteer, or you can contact us at the phone number on the website and we will give musicians a special rate to attend. The panel is more apt to take a performer seriously when they are willing to support the venue and other artists.
If you are interested in performing please send your electronic press kit , after August 2011 to mmkatz@jazzway6004.org OR you can mail your press package and demo CD to the address below and all materials will be given to our selection panel. Please include Saturday dates that you would be available after August 2011. The venue address and mailing address is: Jazzway 6004 6004 Hollins Ave Baltimore, MD 21210
Thanks for visiting and for your support!!
Marianne & Howard
