Britney Spears made all the tabloid headlines last night after she showed up at a Jazz Club in Chinatown last night. I love Chinatown. I’ve spent a lot of time there. When I’m in the mood for Chinese food, I usually head to Yang Chow. I’ve been to The Mountain Bar (which was once very cool), and I’ve received really good massages and acupuncture at this herb place right next to the Pet store. One of my favorite parties ever was in Chinatown. For Stuff magazine’s first anniversary, they rented out a huge square in Chinatown. There were people dressed in dragon costumes, women with dim sum carts walking around, an open bar with all kinds of sake and Chinese beer and tons of Chinese decoration. I will never forget that party.
I’ve never been to Grand Star Jazz Club. I want to go, and not because Britney Spears made an appearance last night. I love live Jazz.
From the Grand Star Jazz Club Website:
“The Grand Star Jazz Club Has been in the forefront of serving Los Angeles from the beautiful Chinatown area. Although we pride ourselves with some of the greatest Jazz Los Angeles has to offer . We also embrace Hip Hop, R&B, Rap and Blues we believe all forms of music are great and we offer this trendy and comfortable venue to share all music with you.”
I really love old, authentic jazz. There was this amazing older woman who used to sing at the Spot (my favorite speakeasy that is no more). Maybe she performs at Grand Star now?
From LA Weekly:
“Firecracker, yeah yeah – Frank and Wally and the dearly missed “Mommy” and Yasuko, when she makes it, are the real reasons to go. It was my regular weekend haunt for years…the ghost of Blue Lagoon Bibi attempting to remember all the lyrics to “La vie en rose” still walks the floor to this day…”
You can also read the reviews on YELP.
