On Saturday night, my wife and I went to
Zanzibar Blue,
www.zanzibarblue.com, at 200 S. Broad St. and heard a spectacular concert with jazz guitar great
Russell Malone- to pick up a copy of his latest release
"Playground" click here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=music
He and his quartet were amazing!!!
Apparently Malone was the lead guitarist for
Harry Connick jr. in the mid-90's then toured extensively with jazz diva
Diana Krall in recent years. Anyway, he is outstanding if you are into great jazz guitar. His piano player is great also...
Zanzibar Blue really seems to bring in some TOP NOTCH jazz talent- later this month they will be hosting
Dianne Schur and
Acoustic Alchemy, then next month they will host trumpet great
Maynard Ferguson, among others!
Check it out!
Anyone else know of other great jazz/blues spots in Philly??
I am also interested in places that host
jazz open microphone nights- I have been studying jazz guitar for a few years and looking to get out and gig a little bit...