Buffalo Jazz Clubs?

[PaintedPostDave]

I occasionally drive up to Buffalo to visit my kids and have always wondered if there is any jazz activity there. I have heard of some at the Anchor Bar and there is supposed to be something called The Buffalo Colored Musicians Club. Does anyone know anything about these and other spots?

[Cymbal groove]

Hi Dave
I think the Anchor Bar still has music. I don't know about the musicians club? There is a weekly jam session on Tuesdays at Bobby McGee's led by drummer Dan Hull. I think that club is in Amherst? Buffalo is kind of dry with venues. I used to play The Bijou across from Shea's Buffalo a lot with Bobby Militello and I played the Tralf last fall with Joshua Breakstone. I heard the Tralf has closed and The Bijou is still there but don't know about the music policy? Good luck! Mike

[PaintedPostDave]

Thanks, Mike.

[J Lee]

I'm pretty sure the Colored Musician's Club is still around -- they were hosting a larger ensemble and a jam session as well as some other things when I was in Buffalo. I never felt like going to check it out.

I think on very rare occasions there has been some jazz at Nietzsche's, but I absolutely wouldn't count on there being anything remotely close to jazz on any given night. A likelier choice for a bar might be the Rendez-Vous, on Grant St. -- they used to occasionally have younger musicians play jazz.

Some "avant-garde" (well, it would have been avant-garde in the 1960s) musicians have played at Soundlab (I think it's called), such as Peter Brotzmann, I think administered by the Hallwalls people. I don't know if they're still doing things, but they have brought a number of famous artists to town.

[PaintedPostDave]

Thanks J Lee