The Last Hurrah

Review of the last Cornerstone jam, 25th May 2025

The Last Hurrah: cheap booze

This Sunday will be our last at the Cornerstone - and Ali is promising $10 pints, $10 spirits, and $10 wines to the jammers, before, presumably, shuttering the joint on Monday

More of a Harrumph than a Hurrah, really, but enthusiastic jammers might as well pile in and drink the place dry while you can...

A summary of what has been a pretty good venue will follow next week, then we set to and find another place to send broke...

Review of the Jam Session, 18th May

This one started with a quote from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and then some lively saxophonigeetar work from Messrs Garrett and Powell, interesting bebop from Tom (sax), then settled to a not unusual assortment of toons, tones and tonsils, a great little trio session (piano/bass/drums) for Miss Rose, (the Good Captain's pick of the day), saw the arrival of Mr Ress at just the right time to take over, settled down with Christine's sultry tones, bluesed it up with a rare visit from Brigid DeNeefe, and wandered out into a wintry evening once we had cleared up the mess of cables, boxes, drums, keys and stands that is the MJJ substitute for an organised arvo, well satisfied with the single sentence, and deployed oxford comma  (it is just before "and wandered" if you were wondering).