Monday Night Jazz at Vicino's Presents Chad Carter and His Jazz Emissaries.

Join Chad Carter & His Jazz Emissaries for a cool and swingin' evening of jazz and good Italian cuisine!  Featuring Chad on vocals, Ron Compton on drums, Chris Grasso on piano, James King on bass, and Paul Wingo on guitar.

Chad Carter, a Washington DC native, developed an interest and appreciation for music at an early age. While growing up, he was exposed to many types of music at home. It wasn’t until 1998 that his music interest was heavily based on jazz. The influence was through The Ronnie Wells and Ron Elliston workshop for jazz vocals. Since then, he has performed at various venues such as: Vicino's, Blues Alley, One Step Down, Vaness Station, Utopia, Bohemian Caverns, Twins Lounge, the FMJS Y2K Quarterly Concert and The DC Improv, East Coast Jazz Festival, LaPorta's. In these venues Chad has worked with Ronnie Wells, Ron Elliston, Ricky Loza, Hod Obrien, Paul Wingo, Luis Hernandez, Frankie Addison, Ron Compton, Wade Beech, James "Tex" King, Wes Biles, Cheyney Thomas, Alfredo Mojica, Jr., and Chris Grasso to name a few.

In 2000, he made and East Coast Jazz Festival debut, performing a tribute for jazz great and vocalist extraordinaire, Mr. Ernie Andrews. Carter was able to meet Andrews because of another extraordinary vocalist, Ms. Ronnie Wells. Ms Wells is Carter's teacher and mentor and has guided him into this musical journey. Along with Ronnie Wells and Ernie Andrews, other influences include: Johnny Hartman, Little Jimmy Scott, Billy Eckstine, Carmen, Betty and "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra. Although Carter feels he’s had a fulfilled life, the love of jazz has made it that much better. Through growing, Carter hopes to share the gift of jazz with music lovers everywhere.

You can catch Carter regularly on Monday nights at Vicino's Italiano Restaurante in Silver Spring Maryland.  Carter is not featured every Monday but has a cameo appearance on most shows.

JazzKnights and Blackberry Jazz Present Live Jazz On Monday Nights at Vicino's in Silver Spring Maryland.

Silver Spring’s Vicino Ristorante Italiano offers many pleasures: a daily taste of romantic ambience, fine authentic Italian cuisine made from extremely fresh ingredients, and on Monday nights some of the best local jazz to be found in the Washington, DC area.

This is real Italian food. It is not Americanized Italian food and might throw your taste buds into shock.  Portions are very generous and Vicino's offers a wide range of salads and side orders.  To finish your meal just right, Vicino's offers several great desert options, such as a rich and creamy cheesecake, delectable tiramisu and real authentic Italian cannolis. They also serve Italian ice cream.  (did I just gain 5 pounds?)  If the excellent food isn't enough of a lure, the great prices and atmosphere definitely makes this restaurant an all around great package.

Located on a side street just outside of busy downtown Silver Spring, if you are not looking for it specifically, chances are, you won't find it.  Turn off of Georgia Avenue onto Sligo Avenue. You will see Vicino's on the left hand side, adjacent to an alley way. If you make a left into the alley, it leads to free public parking directly behind the venue. Once in the alley way, you will make a right turn into the parking lot. When entering Vicino's, head to the stairwell and proceed down stairs to be seated. You may enter through the front door just off the street or the side door off of the parking lot.