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If you’ve been aboard our Fourth of July cruise you’ve heard Captain Ryan lead the annual sing-a-long and may not be entirely surprised to learn that in a former life, he made a living singing and playing jazz standards from the 20s, 30s, 40s, & 50s.
Club Nautique featuring Captain Ryan, backed by the Peter Edelman Trio, will have her maiden voyage aboard Nina’s Dandy on Saturday, February 11th, with a second show on Saturday, February 18th 2012.
Cruise and Cover Charge: $30.00.
Ala Carte Hors D’ouvres:
Skewered Sesame Garlic Steak - $9.50
Flank Steak marinated in garlic, sesame oil, fresh ginger, brown sugar, spring onions and soy sauce
Spanakopita - $8.75
Spinach, sautéed onions, feta, & fresh dill baked in Phyllo pastry
White Rumaki - $8.50
Chicken breast marinated in soy, ginger and garlic, with a water chestnut wrapped in bacon
Crudite Plate with Hummus - $7.00
Grilled flat bread and vegetables with hummus made with chick peas, tahini, olive oil, lemon, garlic and cumin
Shrimp Cocktail - $9.75
Classic presentation of shrimp, cocktail sauce and a sprig of dill
Ala Carte Desserts:
New York Cheesecake - $7.00
Key Lime Pie - $6.00
Chocolate Mousse - $5.95
Fresh Fruit Plate - $6.00
Suggested Era Drinks: (full service bar also available)
Mint Julip - $8.00
Side Car - $9.00
Gibson - $8.00
Champagne Cocktail - $7.00
For reservations, please call: (703) 683-6076.
Just some of the tunes. . .
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, Satin Doll, You Go To My Head, When Sunny Gets Blue, Sunny Side of the Street, Almost Like being in Love, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Georgia, As Time Goes By, Girl from Ipanema, All of Me, Paper Moon, I Get No Kick, Take the A Train, Autumn Leaves, Lullaby of Birdland, Java Jive, Them That’s Got, Putting on the Ritz, Button Up Your Overcoat, Our Love Is Here to Stay, and many more melodies.
Captain Ryan Wojtanowski
A native Washingtonian with dangerously cosmopolitan parents with connections to the military, as a child, Capt. Ry worked on stage in USO musical productions. Learning to play trombone in the Fairfax County school system, he returned to D.C after college playing and singing with the George Mason Jazz Ensemble, the Tom Cunningham Orchestra, and the Morgan Baer Orchestra. He also had his own 10 piece band and two quartets. In addition to playing at numerous Embassy functions, society weddings, and Officer’s Clubs, he gained notoriety performing in the Marquis Lounge at the Shoreham Hotel and other traditional jazz venues such as Columbia Station and One Step Down, before the Fates imposed a 28-year hiatus, which officially ends this coming February 11th.
“Ryan Wojtanowski, who doubles on trombone, is calculated to make a lady swoon.” Henry Mitchell Washington Post 6/12/1983 (“Hey, gimme a break! That was 29 years ago!”)
“Ryan sings the old lyrics with a style and clarity all too rare these days.” Bob Bassett, WEAM Big Band Radio 12/10/1983, (“Now, this I can still do.”)
Peter Edelman
Raised in a musical family in Northern Virginia; his father an avid jazz fan, his mother a devotee of classical piano, Peter Edelman began playing piano at an early age. At age 14, Peter attended a jazz workshop led by trombonist/arranger Phil Wilson, studied jazz piano with Art Monroe, and then formed a working jazz quartet of his own.
After attending North Texas State University (the first university in the world to offer a degree in Jazz Studies), Peter performed at Blues Alley, One Step Down, The Pig Foot, Café des Artistes, and Alva’s in Washington, D.C., as well as venues in New York City and Florida. Peter has performed with Cecil Payne, Teddy Smith, Butch Warren, Wallace Roney, Webster Young, Nap Turner, Keter Betts, George Kelly, Ronnie Coles, Bull Moose Jackson, Panama Francis, Carter Jefferson, George Botz, and members of the Count Basie Orchestra.
In 1993, Peter performed with the Marlon Jordon Quartet on a European tour, and in 1999, he performed in Istanbul, Turkey at the “Q” Club, in the Cirgan Palace, with the Kiesa Brown Quintet. Peter Edelman has performed at the East Coast Jazz Festival and Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival and currently hosts a nightly jam session in Washington D.C., at Columbia Station.
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