CHARLIE BROWN JAZZ CHRISTMAS CONCERT. A Special Evening of Live Music! Enjoy Jazz Interpretations of the Wonderful Music from the Beloved Charlie Brown Holiday TV Specials.

Thu, Dec 04

CHARLIE BROWN JAZZ CHRISTMAS CONCERT. Enjoy Jazz Interpretations of the Wonderful Music from the Beloved Charlie Brown Holiday TV Specials. Including: Linus & Lucy, Christmas Time is Here, Skating, Fur Elise, The Christmas Song, Little Drummer Boy, Christmas is Coming, and more… Featuring THE ALL THAT JAZZ "ALL-STAR BAND" with Argarita on Vocals & Flute, John Collinge-Saxophone, Derek Sims-Trumpet, Jim Petullo-Piano, Michael Kolber-Bass, Rashaad Greene-Drums. Concert Tickets $18 for Table Seating. Bar Seating $13. Full dinner menu available at tables and at the bar. "IT'S YOUR TABLE ALL NIGHT" The Ultimate Night Out! 5:30-9:00 Open for Dinner. ARRIVE ANYTIME YOU LIKE. 7:30 SHOWTIME: Featured Concert. Full Dinner Menu, Drinks and Desserts are served before and during the show. If you have any difficulty booking a table for the size of your party give us a call and we will personally assist you. Call 954-572-0821. Thank you. There is no minimum if you are having dinner with us. There is a $20 minimum per person if you are not having dinner (drinks, appetizers, desserts). For parties of 7 or more please call us so we can meet your needs. Call 954-572-0821. ARGARITA is an internationally acclaimed flautist, vocalist, author, composer, and pedagogue, Argarita has performed in Italy, Poland, Barbados, Finland, Melbourne, Australia and most recently, Accra, Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Flute Performance from Stetson University as well as the Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In addition, Argarita earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Studio & Vocal Jazz Performance from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Argarita, is the Chair of the Department of Arts & Humanities, Assistant Professor of Music, and Director of the Ambassador Chorale at Florida Memorial University. Currently, she is working on original music for a new album as she has already released an original tune entitled “Take Me Away,” available on iTunes. Besides, Argarita has performed alongside jazz legends and R&B musicians such as James Spaulding, Cecil Bridgewater, George Benson, Najee, Raw Chew, Steve Miller, David Baker and she also opened for Diana Ross. JOHN COLLINGE (originally from New Haven, CT) graduated from New York City’s New School University in 2011 with a BFA in music performance (saxophone) and a BA in history. His teachers include Reggie Workman, Barry Harris, Jane Ira Bloom, Walt Weiskopf, George Cables, Tim Price, Rachel Z, Gil Goldstein and Jim Snidero. After college he worked in New York’s music industry for Boosey and Hawkes and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), eventually rising to the position of Senior Account Executive for the Broadcast Licensing department, while continuing his career as a musician performing throughout the New York metropolitan area. Marriage in 2018 brought John to his wife’s city of Belem, Brazil where his music career flourished. In Belem, he passed a public entrance exam to become a professor of saxophone at Belem’s renowned Carlos Gomes Conservatory and was selected to play alto saxophone in the state jazz orchestra, "Amazonia Jazz Band", performing regularly at Belem’s historic Teatro da Paz and touring Brazil and many parts of South America, sharing the stage with many famous Brazilian musicians. Having recently returned to the US with his family, John has settled down in South Florida where his day job is hiring musicians for the Royal Caribbean fleet and he has quickly become one of the region's first-call jazz saxophonists. DEREK SIMS is an in-demand trumpeter, pianist and educator, in the South Florida music scene. Mr. Sims has had the privilege of performing with such artists as Benny Golson, John Pattitucci, Freda Payne, Danilo Perez, Gerald Wilson, Arturo Sandoval, Bob Mintzer, Paquito D’Rivera, Jon Faddis, Ingrid Jensen, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, Bobby Watson, Pancho Sanchez, Wynton Marsalis, James Moody, Ron Miles, Martha Reeves, and many others. While living in Portland, OR Mr. Sims judged at the many jazz festivals in the Pacific Northwest area. He was on the faculty of the Mel Brown Jazz Camp from 2003-2017. Concurrently, Mr. Sims was the Director of Jazz at the Metropolitan Youth Symphony from 2004-2015. He also was an Adjunct Professor of Jazz Trumpet and the Jazz Band Director at Portland State University from 2013-2018. After these two stints Mr. Sims started PJAZZ (The Portland Jazz School), and coached jazz combos from 2018-2021. After moving to South Florida in 2022, Mr. Sims maintains a private studio of jazz improv students and is working as a jazz director at the Coral Springs Charter School, and a music coach at the Somerset Silver Palms Charter School.