smalls jazz club
Author: Zane Čulkstēna0 COMMENTS
smalls has always cared more about musicians than public. This tiny and unassuming basement-floor club turns into a place where the very soul of jazz rejoices on wee hours of weekend nights. During these nightly jam sessions, the gentlemen who usually play for money just entertain themselves, exchanging one another on stage. There are jazzmen of all generations, famous and the less renowned ones. While ones are ardently improvising, others, fidgeting and swaying in sync with the rhythm, are awaiting their turn. Amidst of that, a visibly tipsy waitress drifts among tables, refilling glasses with pleasingly cheap alcohol. Even though smalls has been on the verge of bankruptcy more than once and even charity events in its support have been organized, it still carries on and continues to amaze its visitors with its fantastic music and atmosphere. Occasionally, when it's well into the morning hours and visitors have already left, a beautiful being like a messenger of a dawning day steps onto the stage and starts singing "My Funny Valentine" in a divine voice...
www.smallsjazzclub.com
183 West 10th Str.
New York City, N.Y. 10014
09/2011
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