Jazzway 6004: Press

The Lake House by Geoffrey Himes

“Jazzway 6004 offers one of the finer listening experiences in the city”

"This house is just a big party house," Howard Katz says. "It was built by the mob as a party house."

Katz is referring to his home, which sits high on a hill on Hollins Avenue across from the bluff on Lake Roland in North Baltimore. The butterstone façade was assembled by Italian masons; a wall-like chimney slices through the long balcony. Inside, a cathedral ceiling ties together a kitchen and expansive living room.

These days the parties there are part of a monthly series called Jazzway 6004. On concert nights, Katz and his wife, the singer Marianne Matheny-Katz, serve a sumptuous buffet dinner at 7 p.m. and then usher 60-70 people down the shag-carpeted stairs into the basement for a 90-minute set by some of the region's finest jazz musicians.

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101 Things To Eat, See, & Do - Jazzway 6004 is #56

56. One of the area's best jazz venues is tucked inside an elegant house at 6004 Hollins Avenue near Lake Roland. Jazzway 6004 hosts the likes of Carl Grubbs, Lafayette Gilchrist, Gary Thomas, Jay Clayton, Joel Holmes, and George Colligan in an intimate setting (capacity 60-65) that, in addition to the amazing music, also features home-cooked meals. Tickets must be bought in advance through Jazzway's website, jazzway6004.org.

"This is the most happening jazz venue in the area."