nice retro place to hear/dance to jazz?

topic posted Thu, October 20, 2005 - 1:40 AM by  Unsubscribed
I would like to know if there are any places in San Mateo Co. with a 'jazz age' or 'speak-easy' kind of feel? I'd love to go listen to jazz standards and not have to drive up to North Beach each time!

Thanks,

---S
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  • Re: nice retro place to hear/dance to jazz?

    Sun, October 23, 2005 - 12:54 PM
    I don't know if there's any regular places, but you gotta be able to hear some jazz in downtown SanMateo or Burlingame every once in awhile. I'll probably be playing soon at a cafe in downtown SM soon (just gave them my CD), but I don't do straight jazz. Check with KCSM's calendar. The live music scene here is severely lacking! Places are trying, but it's hard for them to get going because the permits/politics/regulations are a lot stricter and the evening scene has just evolved away from that sorta thing. IF you look hard enough there is music, but I usually just go to SF.

    OH I just remembered - sometiems Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park has a dixieland jazz band, but it's certainly no speakeasy, and I don't know how regular the music happens.

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