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Grant Green Jr. is a jazz guitarist and son of jazz guitarist Grant Green. He is a member of the group Masters of Groove with Bernard Purdie and Reuben Wilson. Born in St Louis, Missouri on August 4, 1955, Grant Green Jr. started playing guitar at the age of fourteen. In 1969 moved to Detroit with his father. His neighbors included Stevie Wonder's parents, Marvin […]

ONE SHOW ONLY: 7:00PM AND 8:30PM. Orpheus MaXX is a collective of legacy jazz musicians who are committed to honoring the history of great jazz music while applying their imaginations to its modern arrangements. The group stars American drummer, composer and arranger Eric Vaughn. Vaughn is the youngest inductee to the Coastal Jazz Hall of […]

This is your chance to try our acclaimed Chesapeake Bay, Jumbo Lump crabcakes, all night long! Great deals on food and drink, live music (8-10), and NO ENTRY FEE! Come on out with your gang and enjoy! Reservations are NOT REQUIRED, but if you want to make one, call 855.5.VELVET. Featured Artist-- Wildman and The […]

A potpourri of performers entertains you throughout the night under the musical leadership of our house band, led by singer Eric Moore. Come out and jam with us– All genres welcomed! PURCHASE TICKETS BELOW!

Take the phrasing of Sinatra, blend in the velvet styling of Nat King Cole and the soulful passion of Tony Bennett and you've got the formula for Love. Crooner Keenan Blount takes you through spirit of the season. 7:30 shows are SOLD OUT! Purchase 9:30 seats below:

Having amassed a decades long resume that includes performing with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie, Grover Washington, Jr. jazz Violinist, Karen Briggs, Mike Phillips, and James Lloyd from Pieces Of A Dream, Jody Mayfield believes that jazz isn’t a style of music, but rather, how you play it.  On this holiday concert, jazz pianist, Jody Mayfield […]

“Michelle Malone and The Hot Toddies reinterpret classic Christmas songs, creating new jazz and blues arrangements all their own that display Malone’s vocal prowess and innate ability to let her music take you to another time and place. ” — Tony Paris, Creative Loafing SHOWTIMES: 7:00PM AND 9:00PM Join the Hot Toddies for 2 swingin’ […]

A potpourri of performers entertains you throughout the night under the musical leadership of our house band, led by singer Eric Moore. Come out and jam with us– All genres welcomed!

This dynamic, funky band is making its first live recording, right here in The Velvet Note Acoustic Living Room! Food and drinks available for purchase, too! Admission is $25 and the live music recording takes place from 8pm - 10pm. Tickets available by by calling the artist's studios directly at 470.278.6067.

A potpourri of performers entertains you throughout the night under the musical leadership of our house band, led by singer Eric Moore. Come out and jam with us– All genres welcomed!

7:30pm - 1:00am. THIS is the place to be for an comfortable, upscale, yet enchanting evening of popular jazz and R&B, accompanied by delicious food, festive spirits and great conversation. Right in your own backyard–no need to comb the chilly streets of downtown to get your party on!Your ticket includes: – Concert tickets to enjoy […]

A potpourri of performers entertains you throughout the night under the musical leadership of our house band, led by singer Natasha Brown. Come out and jam with us– All genres welcomed!

SHOWTIMES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7TH @ 7:30PM AND 9:30PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 8TH @ 7:30PM AND 9:30PM Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. […]

Greg Robbins is a jazz vocalist, composer, and lyricist who very recently transplanted to Nashville from Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Atlanta, GA, Greg was trained formally in Vocal Performance at Berry College in Rome, GA, where he graduated in 2015. He went on to receive a robust vocal and compositional training on the Atlanta jazz […]

Come out and join us on Thursday nights in the comfort of The Velvet Note Living Room.  Meet the best, most passionate local area musicians, make essential connections and relax and enjoy the scene.  THIS is the area fun-spot–the place to meet others who play and/or simply enjoy great music, and it’s the ONLY Thursday […]

Enter Danny Bacher.Singer. Saxophonist. Consummate performer. A dynamic entertainer with world-class talents in music, theater, and comedy– and man, does he swing! SHOWTIMES: 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Danny Bacher  is an award-winning singer, saxophonist, songwriter and entertainer in the fullest sense of the term. He’s not only a master of the demanding soprano sax, but combines his virtuosity on […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. Everyone yearns for it.  It drives some mad.  Some are completely over it, and others strive to give the very best of it.  “This Thing Called Love” is a live jazz experience, featuring Natasha Brown, that will take you through the ins and outs, ups and downs, the bad, the good, […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area's #1 rated jazz club? . It's like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N'Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

Canadian Guitarist Bill Hart performs each Friday night, featuring his unique take on world music with international musicians and genre-bending selections. Come hang with us, and take a trip around the world without converting your currency or expediting your passport!

Born and raised in Miami Florida Saunders Sermons II is an American singer, trombonist, and song writer. Sermons has toured with Maxwell, Jay Z, Diddy and Jazz R&B saxophonist Mike Phillips just to name a few.  He received his GRAMMY Awards for his horn arrangement work with R&B/Soul singer Maxwell and Blues Super group The Tedeschi Trucks Band. Since then he […]

Brothers Noah and Josh Thompson put their guitars together to form Roman Street. Since the college years, this brotherly jam session has developed into a Billboard/iTunes charting band who many have dubbed 'the next generation' of Jazz Fusion. Roman Street, named for an old roman street in the Alps where they studied guitar, is an […]

A potpourri of performers entertains you throughout the night under the leadership of our house band and singer Natasha Brown. Come out and jam with us-- All genres welcomed!

Emmanuel "Chops" Smith is a pianist and vocalist who has been performing professionally since he was 15 years old. He has been playing piano since age 3 and has been trained in classical, jazz, and contemporary music. "Chops" has performed in venues all over the Southeast including The Rialto Center of the Performing Arts, The […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area's #1 rated jazz club? . It's like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N'Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. Stephen Gordon brings his quartet featuring Eric Reed (piano), Stacy Dillard (saxophone) and Craig Shaw (bass), for two nights of performances that will focus on the music of the genius of pianist/composer/pioneer Thelonious Monk. Monk's music will forever be embedded in the fabric of American Swing and Jazz, […]

The Velvet Note presents another segment of its ninth series of Legends of Jazz, featuring the music of Chick Corea's Light as a Feather. As with the entire monthly Legends of Jazz series, The Justin Varnes Quartet will guide guests–in engaging, narrative form– through the life and music of this iconic, recently departed pianist/composer. It’s […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

ONE SHOW ONLY! Canadian Guitarist Bill Hart launches his brand new variety show featuring his unique take on world music and genre-bending selections. Only one performance, so get your seats soon! ** SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!! ****

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

Known for his unmatched style and a knack for serving up an eclectic blend of fresh new voices, in tandem with some of the most iconic players of our time, drummer, producer and educator Willie Jones III has electrified audiences worldwide. On February 18th and 19th, The Velvet Note welcomes WJ3 Records artist Willie Jones III […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:00PM AND 9:00PM. Billy Thornton was brought up in a family of musicians in South Georgia, Tifton to be specific. In the midst of farms, pickup trucks, and country music, Billy and his brothers went against the grain, learning all of the alternative rock radio hits, playing them in any coffee shop that would […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. Tremaine De’Nard Young’s guitar playing started at the age of 14 and is still going strong today. Bearer of a very unique, self-taught sound, with stylistic diversity, his music follows the Jazz, R&B, and Gospel genres. Born January 2, 1980 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Tre grew up playing the drums in […]

Michael Rainer aka Wildmann has been in the music business for over thirty years.  He’s a pro bassist, but can also play keyboard, drums, lead guitar and upright bass and he sings as well.  He has toured with and opened for many major artist, Jill Scott, KC and Jo Jo, Chrisette Michele, blues legend James […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

Shaun Munday is unlike any other artist you'll ever see and hear onstage. He captures audiences with a full band sound and plays the bass better than most people play the guitar. He is a graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA where he studied and performed with some of the greatest […]

Canadian Guitarist Bill Hart performs his world music show on a rare SUNDAY night, proving his unique take on world music and genre-bending selections. Only one performance, so get your seats soon!

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

If we're being honest, no one's ever really just heard Chantae Cann. In truth, you experience her.  She opens her mouth and 10,000 hours of studied mononymous legends filter through that voice, The Stevie. The Chaka.  The Erykah, Jill, India and Brandy. It's the church in her work. The courageous blend of an authentic soul […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. This extraordinary quartet makes their way from New York City to The Velvet Note, it's not to be missed! About Joe Farnsworth.  One of the most highly regarded jazz drummers on the scene today, Joe is known for his blazing speed, precision, musical, and melodic playing. Upon moving to New […]

ONE SHOW ONLY-- 7:00PM It's the TENTH Season of Legends of Jazz, and in Episode 1, The Justin Varnes Quartet plays tribute to the music of Dexter Gordon. As with the entire Legends of Jazz series, Mr. Varnes will guide guests–in engaging, narrative form– through the life of the artist, as well as the impact that […]

Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world drummer Yakou N’Guesson, and guitarist Bill Hart. Come […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. Dave Potter is quickly becoming known as a formidable musician. He has performed with many well-known jazz artists and recorded 2 albums with Jason Marsalis, as well as the soundtrack to a short film with bassist Delbert Felix. Born in Danville, VA, Potter did not grow up into a musical family. […]

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Lori Williams possesses a most impressive resume as a performing artist, educator, songwriter, producer, support vocalist and musical theater actress.  Her reputation and level of respect are top shelf and unimpeachable. However, this Washington, D.C.-native Lori is electing to let her hair down to pursue a more relaxed passion path in the […]

Showtime: 8pm - 11pm (come when you'd like). Have you tried OPEN MIC JAZZ JAM at Atlanta area’s #1 rated jazz club? . It’s like karaoke, but much, much better. Come out to The Velvet Note and listen to or jam with our extraordinary house band, including piano virtuoso Randy Hoexter, bassist Andre Manga, world […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. ** NOTE: 7:30 SHOW IS SOLD OUT! ** SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. It's April Fool's Day, but we're not joking around. This is the most righteous brass-funk band to come out of the midwest since Earth, Wind and Fire, and they're going to throw it down at The Velvet Note! Come […]

SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. No newcomer to the art of performing, Kelley Andre is a multi-talented Entertainer, Singer and Songwriter. A New York native, his infused R&B, Jazz, Funk, New Soul sound and style delivers a distinct & melodic 2nd Tenor/ Baritone flavor that permeates inner souls.  LISTEN TO KELLEY ANDRE PERFORM HERE. Fasten your seatbelts […]

ONE SHOW ONLY– 7:00PM It’s the TENTH Season of Legends of Jazz, and in Episode 2, The Justin Varnes Quartet plays tribute to the music of Trombonist JJ Johnson As with the entire Legends of Jazz series, Mr. Varnes will guide guests–in engaging, narrative form– through the life of the artist, as well as the impact […]