Chris' Jazz Cafe

Today was a pretty lazy day. My hip didn't feel all that well, so I just hung out, did some blogging, and waited to go to Chris' Jazz Cafe with Shaynen and his girlfriend, Jocelyn. Shaynen just graduated from Virginia Tech and this was the first time I'd seen him in a while.

Shaynen and Jocelyn came into the city and we drove down to Chris' Jazz Cafe on Samson between Broad and 15th.  For a five dollar cover charge, you can stay and hang out for four hours to listen to a show.  Dana Ellis, a Temple student, and her quintet played.  I really enjoyed seeing a lot familiar faces from school both in the ensemble and in the audience.  Dana and the quintet really put on a good show filled with some standards and originals.  I'm looking forward to hearing them again.  Jeff Torchon, the piano player (and one of the coolest kids in my music history class) told me he plays down at Penn's Landing on the weekends at the Chart House, so I'm looking forward to going there, too.