When Jonesing For Jazz In New Brighton
By Mitch Berg
So if you’ve got nothing else going on, and you need a Saturday night jazz fix, I think tomorrow would be a fabulous night to indulge that jones!
And to help you do that, I suggest you scamper out to see the CC Septet at Our Bar and Grill (500 Fifth Ave, New Brighton, MN. 651.332.5959 8:00-11:00 PM Saturday night). Cover? They don’t need no steenkin’ cover.
Even though to the best of my knowledge none of them is a heroin addict, they are an excellent jazz group. (And they’re tentatively playing the Dakota on May 29, which would be a fun night out, too…)
Trivia: the bass player was my instrumental music prof in college – the guy who taught me how to play drums and tune pianos – and the alto sax guy was the director of my junior high band when I was in eighth grade (which has got to make him feel old).
I gotta get out there one of these weekends – but this weekend’s just not gonna work out.
Tell ’em Mitch Berg says hi, if you get there, though!
Feel free to post a review in the comment section, if you make it out there.
