(313) 3 Chairs Party

[Scott Ellis]

I'm interested to here others' impressions of the 3 Chairs after-party 
on Monday.  I have only been to two 3 Chairs parties--this and one at 
the Majestic Theater a couple years back.  I unfortunately didn't make 
it to the after-party at OSLO during the festival a couple years back.  
Anyway both parties I attended had such terrible sound it was almost 
unbearable.  In fact the sound was so bad at these parties I have come 
to the conclusion that they are going for a certain low-budget cabaret 
experience.  This year's party definitely fit that mold being BYOB and 
in the old Serengeti ballroom--a traditional jazz cabaret club.  Of 
course it wouldn't have really mattered if the 3 Chairs had been playing 
in a basement on someone's blown out home stereo system--I would have 
been there.  Moodymann's set ....  Need I say more?  It was definitely 
an intimate evening to be remembered.