The Jazz Voyager
Keeping snug and warm in my winter coat and cowboy boots this Jazz Voyager is heading north to Idaho to visit Chandlers and see for myself what this part of the country is offering in the way of live jazz. One of the upscale dinner houses in the Treasure Valley, its doors are located in downtown Boise in the new Hotel 43, at 981 West Grove Street 83702.
Though not a listening room, the music, and musicians are curated under the auspices of music director and renowned musician Chuck Smith. I will be enjoying his quartet entertain me while dining on king salmon, rice vermicelli, sugar snap peas, and key lime pie or seasonal fruit cobbler with vanilla ice cream. For more information or to make a reservation, highly recommended, the number is 208-383-4300.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is landing in Phoenix, Arizona today to check out a performance of the ASA Jazz Ensemble at The Nash located at 110 E. Roosevelt Street 85004. This nine-piece combo of rising jazz musicians will perform hard-swinging jazz, Latin, and funky pieces and even a bit of free jazz with a special tribute to Horace Silver.
Always eager to listen to students who will become the nexte generation of jazz musicians, this voyager will be in attendance at the show starting at 6:30 pm. This time admission is free. This low-key venue is host to jazz shows and open-mike sessions and the evening hits are until 10:00 pm Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Sundays are 6:00-9:00 pm. For more information, the number is 602-795-0464.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is flying off to the Pacific Northwest to sit in on a set at Hermann’s Jazz Club. Located at 753 View Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1J9, Canada, this restaurant is also a space offering live jazz in a low-key setting. Established in 1981 at the Bastion Inn on Government Street by German entrepreneur Hermann Nieweler, until he moved it to its current corner location in 1986.
The venue has a menu featuring crab cakes, salads, yam fries, mushroom ravioli, gluten-free options, desserts, non-alcoholic beverages, and a full bar. The hours of operation are 5:00 pm to midnight, seven days a week. For more information, the number is +1 250-388-9166.
Jazz voyagers are going to get their ten dollars worth with the Tom Vickery Trio’s jazz jam tonight where one only hopes to catch some of the city’s finest musicians perform.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is back out in the Midwest at 19 N Gore Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 rummaging through the 6000-square foot store called Euclid Records. The store has been in business for 31 years and has over half a million titles covering the gambit of music. I have a feeling that digging in this Webster Grove site should produce some jazz classics as this city was a bedrock of jazz musicians.
They sell new vinyl which has become more and more prevalent in the industry and has a worldwide mail-order business. So send them your wish list and they just may be able to accommodate you.
Their doors open every day at 10:00 am and close Monday thru Thursday at 8:00 pm, Friday and Saturday at 9:00 and on Sunday at 5:00 pm.
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The Jazz Voyager
So it’s back across the country as the Jazz Voyager continues his hunt for rare wax by heading to 2014 Greene St, Columbia, SC 29205 wherein resides Papa Jazz Record Shoppe. Regarded as one of the largest stores in the Southeast, owner Tim Smith has cemented its reputation over its 40 years of existence. A particular fondness for free and avant-garde jazz only highlights its extensive jazz stacks but for us audiophiles, we take pleasure in the hunt.
They open/close their doors from 10 am to 7 pm, Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 pm on Sunday. Additional information is always available at 803-256-0095.
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