Secret Jazz Club

4/6/19 jazz trio performing at the Secret Jazz Club

A friend told us about the Secret Jazz Club, which is billed as an “intimate” concert venue in Georgetown. Its location is obviously not a secret, since it sells tickets through Airbnb and can be readily found when searched on the Internet. It turns out that the reason it is a “secret” is that the musicians you hear may or may not be the ones who were scheduled for the evening that you bought tickets for. It could be a total surprise! We love jazz, and the venue sounded intriguing, so we took a chance and got a pair of very reasonably priced tickets.

4/6/19

We’re glad we did. Indeed, the jazz trio we heard that evening were not the performers who were named and pictured on Airbnb, but no matter. The music was wonderful, and – more important to me – both the stage and the seating area were well-lit for a concert venue, so it was an entirely sketchable event. With a great view of pianist Matt, bass player Mike and drummer Max, I spent the first set sketching the trio. During the second set, I made a couple of small portraits, trying to achieve better likenesses and expressions. Max, especially, had such a blissful expression during his drum solos that I wanted to capture it.