The Jazz Voyager
1 Bennett St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 is the next layover for the Jazz Voyager at Regattabar for another dose of jazz. This 220 seat venue has been located on the third floor of The Charles Hotel since 1985 and has become a Boston
One can dine on a light fare selection of nuts, cheeses, spinach dip or chicken wrap. One show only has a cover of $25.00, students $20.00, open to all ages but under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. In the meantime, this Jazz Voyager has his room in the hotel and will be spending the day killing some time around the city before being seated by 7:30pm with the Steve Lehman Trio.
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Three Wishes
Nica asked Bernard McKinney of his three wishes and he told he they were:- “To be as fluent on my instrument as Bird was on his.”
- “To be making as much money as bird should have been making.”
- “To have a gig where I would be free to express myself.”
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Requisites
Butch Warren French 5Tet was recorded in 2011, two years prior to his passing away. The double bassist was joined by a cohesive collection of four French musicians ~ saxophonist Pierrick Menuau, pianist Pierre Christophe, with Mourad Benhammou on drums and Jean Philippe Bordier playing guitar.
Unfortunately for the jazz world, this was his debut and only album as a leader, however, it was worth the wait. Warren brings a total of eight songs to this recording – four original compositions to this live recording, adding a classic from Johnny Mercer and David Raksin, one by Hank Mobley, and two from Kenny Dorham, having recorded regularly with the latter two.
Tracks:
- A Little Chipie (Warren)
- East of the Village (Mobley)
- Laura (Mercer/Raksin)
- I Remember Monk (Warren)
- Barack Obama (Warren)
- Eric Walks (Warren)
- The Theme (Dorham)
- Blue Bossa (Dorham)
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The Jazz Voyager
The next destination Jazz Voyager lies in his plan to head up to Harlem to take a seat in one of the last authentic speakeasies on the island of Manhattan called Bill’s Place. Opened in the early years of the Twenties during Prohibition on the block between Lenox and 7th Avenues called Swingstreet in the parlor of a private house located at 148 W. 133rd Street, New York City 10030.
The club operates Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30pm to 11:30pm and due to its popularity reservations are required and one can be made by calling 212-281-0777. Nightly cover for the 8pm and 10pm shows is $30.00 and it’s a dry room but you can bring your own bottle. This week the Jazz Voyager hopes to see a few legends join in to play this small no-frills room as saxophonist Bill Saxton leads the Harlem All Stars.
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Three Wishes
Baroness Pannonica inquired of Anita O’Day what her three wishes would be and she responded with:
- “To find a trio of swinging musicians who care for me enough to play with feeling; correct, musically and technically.”
- To keep all my necessary bills down to a minimum of which I’m sure I can keep them up to date.”
- “With high hopes to have some health. Hoping to have no cancer, which my mother did have. I do hope it does not run in the family. To be active until i die. You know! Up and at ’em, like!”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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