Okay, i'm a little spoiled when it comes to my love for music. it's like having a fantastic lover, you come to "expect" things. Bottom line, i crave to hear creativity, layers, playfulness, inspiration, and emotion along with technical skill - any combination, really - but i still drive a hard bargain - ironically, one which i can only scratch the surface of achieving myself. (another story, though!)
Now, bangkok is a really fun place to go out. Fun clubs, good DJs that'll shake you up. A couple of places can rock out classics, and punk (even Thai-grown!). Jazz, though, gets tougher. Sure, lounges abound with the usual standards, played the usual way. Any actual brilliance would undoubtedly dissipate in those insufferably stuffy places - and that's if i last long enough in all that oppressiveness. Talk about killing jazz...!
If you're looking for hip places where the music will really blow your mind - well, i'm still looking...however, i have recently had the luck of stumbling into Niu (silom 19). Okay, the faux bookcases have GOT to go - they're totally pretentious, which actually contradicts with the music they deliver - yes, they do standards, but they mix it up with offbeat and inventive stuff... this place offers up music worth getting lost into...
Notable drummer Ari Hoenig played last weekend. Incidentally, used to play with the Jazz Mandolin Project... yeah, that's what i was looking for. Tunes that made the very matter in the room rattle and shake! I know it's not new england, but i do hope i'll find a little more of this in bangkok over the next few months...
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