New Standard Jazz Quintet, with Layonne Holmes

Well into its fourth full season of live, top shelf musical performances, the Salem Roadhouse Café, located at Townley Presbyterian Church, 829 Salem Road, Union, NJ, is proud to present its February 11, 2012 show featuring the New Standard Jazz Quintet, with Layonne Holmes performing her powerhouse vocals.  The band, with Layonne on vocals, performs a tribute to some of the great ladies of jazz, honoring music made famous by some of the greatest vocalists ever to grace the stage: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone. Ms Holmes, together with recording artists David Anthony (percussionist), Bob Himmelberger (pianist), Michael Gribbroek (trumpeter), and Gerald Carboy (Bassist, musical director) create a truly special experience for music enthusiasts.

The Roadhouse Café also features new and seasoned local visual artists at its shows at the Roadhouse Fine Arts Gallery.  The February show will have on display original creative art work by two artists, Willa Goldthwaite & Enver Vucetaj who will share the gallery walls and display their best work in an explosion of color, texture and form.   The Roadhouse Café is known for including with the single admission price unlimited hot and cold snacks, assorted cold beverages, gourmet coffees and teas, and desserts. Performances are on a live, professionally lighted stage along with a first class sound system.  The atmosphere is intimate, with low lighting, round tables with real tablecloths and real glassware.  The setting is a first class nightclub.

Admission for the show is $15.00/person, with a student discount admission of $10.00.  Doors open at 7:30pm, and the show starts at 8:00pm.  Ample free parking is available at the main parking lot on Salem Road, and the rear lot on Huguenot Avenue.  Street parking is also allowed.  All 2012 show proceeds will benefit the Eastern Union County YWCA’s Domestic Violence Programs.

Shows are recorded by and aired nightly on Union TV34’s “Union After Dark” music series on Comcast channel 34. For further information visit www.roadhousecafe.org, or call (908) 686-1028 (please leave a message and return number) or e-mail at roadhousecafe@gmail.com.