An outfit called Find The Best has established an online guide to jazz clubs. It could be useful to Rifftides readers planning to travel or, for that matter, who are looking for places to listen in their hometowns. The site lists location, meal policy and cover charges, which range from second-mortgage territory to zero$85 cover for The Fox in Tampa, Florida; nothing for Vibrato in L.A.’s exclusive Bel Air sectiongo figure. At any rate (heh, heh), they include clubs as far-flung as Brattleboro, Vermont; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Tirana, Albania. For now, at least, we’ll add the site’s url to the blogroll in the right column as “Jazz Clubs.†Let the staff know if you find it useful. To do so, click on “Contact†on the blue strip at the top of the page or use the “Speak Your Mind” box below.
Archives for July 12, 2012
Other Matters: Monarchs
Monarch butterflies are passing through on their migration south. This morning, one rested on a maple leaf outside our window.
His or her majesty was no object of pity, but it seemed to call for a performance of that most famous of all butterfly tunes (are there others?). Here’s the late Dave McKenna.
Alternate version for two pianos, Count Basie and Oscar Peterson.