Papa Grows Funk at Chelsea’s Cafe Thursday, Feb. 21

With just enough rest from an early Mardi Gras, blues jam posse Papa Grows Funk walks out of New Orleans alive and into Chelsea’s Café for a show Feb. 21. Drummer Jeffrey “Jellybean” Alexander lit up the pages of Modern Drummer last year, and the band’s tight grooves show no signs of unraveling in 2008. 10 p.m. $10.