Whats on your turntable tonight?

Very nice James.

ya, what’s not to like about spinning jazz on the stern deck of a boat on a hot Summer night ?

man, does that sound great…or what…..

good on ya @spiritofradio

I was able to see Gene in a smaller dinner club back in the 80’s. Great time. McCoy Tyner at the same place once. Another great experience there.....in addition to Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Wynton, Monty Alexander, Joe Henderson, and I could go on.

When I lived in Columbus, a city councilman, who I knew personally, opened up a jazz dinner club in the ’Short North’ area of town. I was always amazed by the acts he brought in, and took advantage of it for a couple/few years. Unfortunately if finally closed, but I was lucky to see some of the greats in a very cozy setting. It was awesome.

New arrival,

Martha Scanlan "The River & the Light"

Brian, I lived in The Village during my decade or so in Manhattan and so, well, I too miss my time with those small clubs where we could just drop in most of the time and see big names and drink expensive cocktails. The Blue Note sometimes sold out a show on certain evenings but not usually all three. Mostly, If we had a free evening we could catch somebody legendary in Jazz or blues at a one of a bunch of active clubs within walking distance.   At the same time, The rock scene kinda sucked really. Hardly any small venues featuring rock.  CBGBs wasn’t my style most nights (newwave/punk era). While back in the Northwest there were dozens of small clubs where you could go to rock out.
That club in Columbus sounds like it was nice. I’ve been to some places in Cleveland and Cincinnati but I never made it to Columbus.