Number Five to end its jazz days with a bang
Well, it’s pretty much finalized, the jazz club that was Number Five on the bund is a jazz club no more. Actually, its jazz days already ended over two months ago when the inability to obtain a performance license for the venue dropped business down to almost nothing, just as the owner ran out of operating capital. So he has brought in new investors who intend to turn the place into a sushi bar. [Update: I thought this was nearly finalized but apparently it was not to be. He is now trying to sell the place to interested parties. Partied interested in investing in number 5 can contact them through the number five website]. Apparently they haven’t decided yet what they will do with all the equipment, or whether they might want to have occasional live music performances or not, but it’s not too likely that even that will happen, according to the owner. I’m hoping they sell the piano to JZ, because it’s really nice and JZ’s piano is in pretty bad shape.
But I digress from the bang part of it- I’ve been told that there will be a big party/jam session with free drinks for musicians (within reason, he said) to celebrate the memory of what could have been the best jazz club in town. It should happen on the last couple days before the new guys start ripping the place apart to install the new sushi conveyor belts and puke-green marble paneling (just kidding, I don’t have any idea what they intend to do). Once there’s a date set I’ll post it…