78. Berlin Blue-3- 10/4

10/4/11

I’d like to share mine

My mysterious journeys

And the stories of what

I’ve experienced.

Berlin Blue

(and I were automatically placed in the only open seats in the house...)

Young jazz musicians, playing piano, bass, drum, trumpet and saxophone were in the middle of a jam session, and the place, without air conditioning, reached the peak of steaming heat. The German singer, in her late 40s, sang scat at a medium tempo.

My first impression of this Berlin jazz club was surprise. Fairly orthodox bepop still had mainstream popularity. It reminded me of when that same nostalgic, old-fashioned style swept through New York in the 90s. I was fond of it...

(to be continued)