The Jazz Voyager
Heading towards what is arguably the best jazz club in Europe at Piet Heinkade 3, 1019 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands and perched on one side of the city’s almost transparent glass-and-iron riverside Muziekgebouw (Music Building), is Bimhuis. This Jazz Voyager is anticipating the claim that it offers the ideal live experience with its almost perfect acoustics and amphitheater-style seating and catching Lucia Cadotsch for around $20. This should mean there is not a bad seat in the house.
And beyond… during a concert, the curtains are raised behind the band to reveal the glass wall that renders the commanding, Renzo Piano-designed Nemo Museum. It is said to be a visual experience that reflects the thrilling sounds of the international jazz masters regularly performing at the Bimhuis. To purchase tickets call +31 20 788 2150 or visit www.bimhuis.nl #jazzvoyager#wannabewhereyouare
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The Jazz Voyager
Just hours away from landing on my overnight flight to the other side of the world in the South Pacific, the Jazz Voyager is planning to sit down under and enjoy a weekend of live jazz in an intimate, dimly lit room while dining on tapas and cocktails in the Paris Cat. Located at 6 Goldie Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia tonight will start at 7:00pm with a tribute to Chet Baker’s musical life with and then check out some Latin Grooves with Sincopa featuring Paul Van Ross.
Too far to travel to just turn around and jump on another plane, on Saturday I’ll check out the city during the day before catching Nichaud Fitzgibbon celebrating Cole Porter & The Gershwins in the Parisian Loft. Make your reservation at 61 3 9642 4711.
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The Jazz Voyager
Heading back across the Atlantic to Rome, Italy and as they say, when in Rome… this weekend The Jazz Voyager will be embarking upon Tramjazz, a historical cable car converted into a traveling restaurant and concert hall. I will be enticed with a candlelit dinner, a jazz concert and a night tour of the center of the city. This is a project of Nunzia Fiorini and Anna Maria Sciannimanico and for about $80.00 takes each guest on a three hour culinary, musical and sightseeing adventure
One must be at the Piazza di Porta Maggiore at precisely 9:00 pm. This is the meeting point by the cable car platform near the ticket inspector’s cabin. They say it is where a 1947 Stanga railroad car will arrive and through the windows I will be able to observe the tables prepared and the candles lit. The band will already be in the turning platform in the middle of the carriage playing the first theme as the audience enjoys a flute of dry Spumante on the platform.
The cable car departs the station, the beer and the music begin to warm up and after a tour of the city it stops at the track of Parco de Celio, just in front of the Colasseo. Here dinner is served comprised of products from the Lazio region. All in all, I am looking forward to this evening. Hmmm… wonder what my attire will be. I think it will be prudent to check with Nunzia when I make my appointment at 339 6334700. #jazzvoyager#wannabewhereyouare
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is up in the air once again flying to the Keystone state to partake of the ambience and jazz being served up at the Lafayette Bar. feeling adventurous, as I always am, I have my Uber drop me off a few blocks from the venue and investigate the neighborhood. I’ll follow the directions to take a walk north on 4th past the doors to the hotel lobby and make a right on the other side of the coffee shop sign and you’ve arrived at the double grey doors of 15 N 4th Street, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042.
This well-worn venue is known for jazz hosts a laid-back, receptive crowd and features local, emerging and renowned musicians and I will be seated on the 19th in prime position to enjoy Jeff “Tain” Watts perform. They say it’s an American dive, just the kind of spot that brings good people together.
Shows start at 9:30pm and run to midnight often offering up two sets but sometimes a third set squeezes in. Free of cover and minimum but you must be 21+ and able to show identification to enter and drink. As always, for more information the number is 610-252-0711.
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The Jazz Voyager
Nighttown is my next destination for jazz and I am looking forward to sitting in a cool looking club that has been in existence for six decades. Opened in 1965 in a building that dates back to the 1920s, and what began as a single 40 seat storefront joint has evolved into one of the largest performance spaces and restaurants in the city. Named after Dublin’s Red-Light District in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Nighttown is located at 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Attracting an eclectic group of patrons to its ambience fashioned after the turn-of-the-century restaurants of the 1920s New York, it features renowned jazz artists four or more nights a week. This weekend the Jazz Voyager is spending the a couple of days in the city on the shores of Lake Erie and checking out the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra featuring Vince Mastro tonight at 8:30pm and on Sunday at 7:00pm, I will be catching the talents of pianist Chuchito Valdes. For dinner reservations and cover charge for performances the number is 216-795-0550. #jazzvoyager#wannabewhereyouare
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