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Jam Club Music.
According to the description on the website, the club has been uniting fans of jazz, blues and soul for over ten years.
"We create evenings for those who know the value of real music, seek a sophisticated style and are used to choosing the best.
Join the circle of people for whom the quality of music is a way of life."
The club also hosts brunches accompanied by jazz music.
We attended the Russian brunch.
The music was really quite Russian, or rather with Soviet roots, from the era when the Soviet Union and Soviet jazz were created.
The musicians played easily, delicately, pleasant music, good vocals - it was so much better than the evening when we got to the evening of the "Soviet Jazz" concert. There was something bad there, loud, noisy, the trumpeter blew his trumpet right into the microphone, trying to cover up his shortcomings in performance with his volume.
The brunch had a completely different jazz, for which you need to come to this club, at least if you are in the mood.
However, the dishes offered at the Russian brunch were not Russian at all. The menu of Russian dishes only included borscht and salo.
We ordered pasta with seafood and grilled sea bass. Of the drinks, non-alcoholic beer and mulled wine were also non-alcoholic.
The food was tasty, the beer was also good. Mulled wine was too sweet and had few spices to be called authentic. In general, you need to order it when the bartender at the club is different, obviously with more experience and skill in making drinks. His name is Johnny, he knows his business, be sure to try the mulled wine he makes.
The jazz club itself is located in a semi-basement. We are familiar with this, in Paris several very fashionable jazz clubs and cafes are located in such premises. The acoustics of the premises are clearly not quite what is required for a full-fledged sound. It is possible that blues compositions, quiet singing, soft sound are revealed differently in such premises, and are more appropriate for performance. However, loud jazz music, especially that performed in parks, squares, open spaces, that is, close to playing in orchestras and on brass instruments, is completely inappropriate here. Let us remember that such music arose and developed not due to amplification of sound through speakers, the sound was direct, without microphones and amplifiers. It was folk music, created so that people could both listen and dance. It was music for the people - to dance, have fun, feel the collective rhythm. . However, this does not mean that such music cannot exist outside the streets. Everything depends on how it is presented. If musicians feel the space and adapt the sound, preserving the spirit of improvisation and interaction with the audience, even in an intimate setting it is possible to convey that same energy. Modern bands sometimes find a balance - for example, playing acoustic versions of street standards or using softer arrangements for smaller halls. The key is not the venue, but the approach. If the music remains lively, emotional and engaging, it can work in different conditions. The main thing is not to turn it into a mechanical reproduction of volume for the sake of volume, but to preserve that very human spark that once ignited jazz in street parades and folk festivals. Here, in the semi-basement vaults, the sound of the trumpet during the concert "Soviet Jazz" was so loud that all accepted standards for decibels were exceeded, that is, such a performance not only does not sound good, but also harms health. Concert organizers should pay attention to this. It is clear that they are trying to attract spectators, but those who came could not feel comfortable. And it became clear to me why there were so few listeners, the halls were filled by a quarter. For musicians, seeing a practically empty hall is unbearable, so their performance cannot be called solid, diligent.
