Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Jazz jam session held Thursdays at Gene Lynn's

Seen recently on several message boards for St. Louis area musicians:

WEEKLY JAZZ SHOW AT GENE LYNN'S--SIT-INS WELCOME!
I would like to invite any musicians out there who would like to "sit-in" on a weekly jazz standards jam session at Gene Lynn's in the Central West End. The session is held every Thursday night from 8:00-12:00 and is located at 348 N. Sarah on the corner of Lindell and N. Sarah at the Lindell Marketplace. Please come, enjoy the show, and bring your instrument! Contact Steve White Quintet at (314)537-0996 or e-mail swhite25 at msn dot.com

Gene Lynn, proprietor of the establishment bearing his name, is well known to St. Louis listeners as a jazzy crooner and suave entertainer who, to my ears anyway, combines elements of Frank Sinatra and Billy Eckstine. His place is just off Lindell Blvd, and isn't hard at all to find. What I can't find, however, is a Web site for the bar, but here's a little article from a couple years ago in Sauce Magazine, written by Steven Fitzpatrick Smith, that will give you an idea of what it's like.

(edited for clarity 8/10/05)

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