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Spearheaded by drummer Al Gordon, this new club is the latest addition to the Shanghai live jazz and blues scene. It’s a funky little club, literally one room, but it’s a great space and the band is solid. As the name implies, the place is not trying to be another jazz venue; rather they are concentrating on blues, funk, and soul music–and are starting and ending much later than most other venues. Most nights the club will have live music starting around 11pm, with sets running through till 4am. Al has joining him on guitar Eddie Goltz, who also is a great singer, and Peter Phillips from New York on the keyboards. They are encouraging musicians to join them for jam sessions, which is why they intentionally start the gig so late.
The place is serving down-home Southern style soul food, from chitlins to collard greens. They also have a pretty full selection of bottled and draft beers, and of course a full standard bar. Come down and check it out, by the time I write this the new sign should be up outside. It’s located in the same building as the City Diner, on the ground floor (where Eat Drink Man Woman, the Taiwanese restaurant was). That’s just on the corner of Tongren lu and Nanjing lu.
The Blues Room. 146 Tongren Lu. 铜仁路146号
Live music from 11pm to 4am most nights.
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how long do we give this joint?
No one likes this kind of music (especially Jazz). They just say they do. Like museums.
at least they are writing about something newsworthy and not their best friends new Blue Frog opening in Macau where they got a free meal and casino chips...
I think it's a decent concept....but why on God's earth do live music venues feel they have to start so f***ing late!???? Honestly, I'd dig a little live music for happy hour, but I'm not a late owl and I suspect most of their target audience is not the late-party-type-group (blues music, southern soul food....).
i just hope the brand of tripe they serve is a step-up from JZ. seriously, JZ is crap. a bunch of losers sitting around trying to be cool. and the musicians leave a lot to be desired ... how many years have they all been there now!
Enjoyed watching the locals sing 'Mustang Sally' with the band, Some sit-in drummer from Long Island crashed the drums so hard on a 'Stones' tune the real drummer freaked about his cymbals breaking. Good fun and great food.
nice to see the usual positive Shanghai ex-pat attitude! I reckon it sounds like a good place in a handy location, but what do I know.
as an update, I must have been to the Blues Room 6 or 7 times since it opened. It's a great, great place to hear musicians that can really, and I mean really play.
The food's good, the drinks are very reasonable (where other live music cluc does an ordinary pint for 30rmb and a pint of hoegaarden for 50rmb?)
If you have even a passing interest in how well professionals can play, you need to go.