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Metrobar DC, 640 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Seth Kibel -- clarinet, flute, saxophone Sean Lane -- piano Tom Holtz -- tuba Joey Antico -- drums
Live music, oysters, beer and other drink specials! Free, but advanced registration preferred.
Free, but advanced registration preferred.
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Kensington Day of the Book Festival, 10410 Montgomery Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895
The Steven Gellman Trio (Steven with Seth Kibel & Margaret Wolfe) perform a concert from 11:00am-12:30pm on the front porch of the Sweat Shop.
Free, and open to the public!
An EPIC double-bill: Orchester Praževica & the Baltimore Klezmer Allstars! No cover! Tipping encouraged. Reservations are HIGHLY recommended. Call the New Deal at 301-474-5642 to make 'em!
Orchester Praževica -- https://www.prazevica.com/ Resistance is futile, this Turbo Folk! High energy dance music drawing on the tradition of Eastern European Czardas and Gypsy Swing, but widely influenced by jazz and blues. Under the direction of Slovak born and raised guitarist and singer Tomáš Drgoň this band delivers honest, authentic and entertaining mix of folklore, jazz and dance music suitable for everything from upscale clubs to dives, jazz festivals to mosh pits, arts receptions to underground galleries. Orchester Praževica has performed at several prestigious stages including the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington DC, Patterson Theater in Baltimore, The Drom in NYC, and shared stage with the Hungarian Gypsy folk supergroup Parno Graszt, the Romanian Gypsy brass legends Fanfare Ciocarlia, Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra, and other greats on the "not so mainstream" music scene.
Baltimore Klezmer Allstars -- https://sethkibel.com/ Seth Kibel -- clarinet, flute, saxophone Sean Lane -- piano Bob Abbott -- double bass Jim Hannah -- drums
Seth Kibel is one of the Mid-Atlantic's premier woodwind specialists, working with some of the best bands in jazz, swing, and more. Wowing audiences on saxophone, clarinet, and flute, Seth has made a name for himself in the Washington/Baltimore region, and beyond. He is the featured performer with The Kleztet, Bay Jazz Project, Music Pilgrim Trio, The Natty Beaux, and more. Winner of 28 Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies), including "Best World Music Instrumentalist" (2003-11) and "Best Jazz Instrumentalist" (2005, 2007-8, 2011-14). His most recent recording, "Clown With A Stick," was released in May 2023 on the Azalea City Recordings record label. He's won numerous prizes in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) including the Grand Prize in 2016 and a Gold Prize in 2022.
He is the leader, clarinetist, and composer for The Kleztet, a genre-bending klezmer band he founded in the Baltimore/Washington area. The band's four albums (released under the name "The Alexandria Kleztet"), Peace, Love and Coffee (2009), Close Enough for Klezmer (2005), Delusions of Klezmer (2002) and Y2Klezmer (1999) are all available nationwide. All four recordings received the Washington Area Music Association's (WAMA) award for Best World Music Recording following their release. Additionally, Seth was named "Best World Music Instrumentalist" by WAMA every year from 2003 through 2011. In 2012, he was bestowed the honor of "Emeritus" status in this category. In 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2011-14 he was also named "Best Jazz Instrumentalist." In 2017, his song "New Waltz" took home the Grand Prize in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, sponsored by the Songwriter's Association of Washington (SAW).
In addition to his activities with The Kleztet, Seth has fronted a variety of swing and jazz groups, including Bay Jazz Project. In 2002, he was commissioned to write, perform, and record an original score for Dreams in the Golden Country, an original theatrical production at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In January 2004, Seth released his first jazz CD, Nuts and Bolts. His second solo album, The Great Pretender, was a blues/jazz project released in July 2007 on the Azalea City Recordings record label. His third solo record, Phonin' It In with Seth Kibel and Bay Jazz Project, is a straight-ahead acoustic jazz record released on Azalea City Recordings in July 2011. In April 2014, he released a "Jazz for Kids" album, Jazz For People Who Are Shorter Than Me, which was named "Best Children's Music Recording" for 2014 by the Washington Area Music Association. In 2018, he released a collection of jazz and Jewish standards, When You're Smiling.
He can also currently be seen with the Washington/Baltimore area's most exciting swing and jump blues band, The Natty Beaux, and Russian/Yiddish/Klezmer ensemble Music Pilgrim Trio. Seth has appeared with such notables as boogie-woogie pianist Daryl Davis, Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Percy Sledge, The Coasters, and Johnnie Johnson. He has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Carter Barron Amphitheatre, the Lowell Folk Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, as well as on several European tours.
