Let me tell you, even though it's not me blowing there, I'm really overjoyed about this. I firmly believed that live jazz outside of clubs like Tula's and Jazz Alley was extinct. All hail Buckley's for disproving that! And thanks for booking a hot-jazz combo. They sounded really good. Here's the back of the band in action:
From the peculiar shape of the back of the clarinet player's head, I'm 80% sure that's none other than Craig Flory. Although I don't often heap praise on other local sax players (especially tenor players), I have to say that Flory is super-excellent.
OK, it's settled, I'm going there every week. You'll know me because I'll be the guy drunkenly shouting at them to play "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" or something just as swampy. See you there next Monday!
