Rainy Wednesday night. Young couples dancing. Straight-ahead Jazz. Renewing old acquaintances. New acquaintances. Old Friends. Old jamming buddies. Days of Wine and Roses. Sugar. What's up the last 8 years?
Balcony Club is a staple of Dallas low rent, down to earth jazz/blues experience. Lots of memories and annoyances. Good to have a place to show up, relax and have a beer or listen or play or whatever.
The last time I played at the Balcony Club I hated it. It was smoky, the piano was way out of tune (not even close enough for Jazz). The trumpet player running the band loved to take lots of "out" choruses. That about did me in.
These days it is non-smoking. Much better. The piano is much better and the band was good. I sat in for a couple of tunes at the top of the second set. Lots of fun.
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