On Saturday evening, I had the privilege of attending a live jazz performance at one of the Atlanta’s most entertaining jazz cafés, Café 290. The small and intimate venue was filled with couples young and old who seemed to need a break from the typical Atlanta social scene. The dimly candle lit room set the mood for hand holding and eye gazing. The smooth jazz sounds that erupted from the instruments on stage, set the atmosphere for one romantic evening.
The band that night consisted of four very talented musicians. The supporting band members included drummer David Potter, saxophonist Chad Eddy, and pianist Earnet Turner. The bandleader that evening was bassist Will Globe; a young man with great charisma and a comedic personality who made the listening even more enjoyable.
Even though the band looked as if they had met an hour before the show, they looked very comfortable on stage in their casual dress shirts and black slacks. The quartet began the first set of the evening with an original piece written by Will Globe himself entitled, “The Dark Knight”. The tune is filled with low notes that kind of saturate the song and makes the mood change from honky-dory to dark and dreadful. The piece was very loud and filled with a variety of dark overtones.
Throughout the course of the night the quartet serenaded the small crowd with songs from the past like Billie Holiday’s 1964,”Good Morning Heart Ache,” and Bessie Smith’s 1920's,” Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out”. Globe also dazzled the audience with his own original tunes like, “A Little Blue Circle” and “Catch 22.”
I’m definitely more of a smooth jazz kinda gal, but this jazz event was great. The venue, atmosphere, and waiting staff all get two thumbs up!
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