its jazz man

Posted by Ronan on Jul 21, 2006 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

We went to a jazz club wednesday night, Zwi recommended it and came along also. It was packed. The band or ‘big band’ as they called themselves was led by Carla Bley, a 70+ year old woman, who, while taking the stage, looked likely to fall over at any moment! In saying that, when she sat down and played piano, she was transformed back into her younger self. At the start and end of each song she orchestrated the band and kept everyone on their toes. At the start of the night she also introduced band members and told a little story, her voice is a typical sultry jazz voice which was reflected in the music throughout the night. Songs like ‘greasy gravy’, ‘awful coffee’ and ‘goodbye mr pork pie hat’ really had the jazz. My favourite of the night was ‘tiauna traffic’ it was amazing. I’ve never seen so many musicians (18 in all) packed on such a tiny stage. For reference and perhaps future visits, the name of the club is ‘new morning’ and located on Rue des Petites Escuries(7-9).