PAST EXPERIENCE 
    In only a short time after relocating to the upstate New York Capital District in 2001, I was very pleased and excited about the quality, quantity and affordability of the live music offerings, as I noted in this Fall 2001 APFJ newsletter article. 

     While I still traveled occasionally back to Manhattan and visited Boston to see particular artists, I’ve found myself doing that less and less over the past few years, as there are very many excellent venues here in the Capital District, such as those included in the venues web pages of the two fine web sites of A Place for Jazz & Albanyjazz.com

    Recently, I created a list identifying the particular venues (concert halls and clubs/restaurants) that I have found in the last six years to most consistently present quality Jazz artists in ways that I personally have most enjoyed - Selected Capital District Music Venues.
 

STOCKADE INN

    My particular favorite over the past two years is definitely the Stockade Inn in Schenectady, which I’ve found to be a model of all the “right” things to do in presenting music. The list of advantages that attracts my wife and me back there frequently is fairly long:
            -    Top quality artists (see below)

-         Very accommodating service

-         Excellent & affordable food and drinks

-         No cover charge

-         Very classy atmosphere

-         Convenient hours (7 PM – 10 PM)

-         Very friendly, respectful clientele

    Some of the many fine musicians we have enjoyed there include: 

                - Al Haugen - Comments
                    - April Marie - Web site

        - Colleen Pratt - Web site
- FrancescaTanksley - Web site
- Jeanne O'Connor - Web site
- Jeff Siegel - Web site

        -  Jody Shayne - Web Page

        -  Lee Shaw - Web site

         -  Nat Phipps - Comments

         -  Peg Delaney - Web site

         -  Sonny & Perley - Web site

        -  Steve Lambert - Web page

     - Teresa Broadwell - Web page

     - Tim Coakley - Web page

FAVORITE LIVE EVENTS in 2007

            Here’s a personal list of events enjoyed at
            other venues with links (where available)
            to reviews: 

-  March 2 – Lee Shaw trio CD Release party, WAMC Performance Center, Albany

-   March 24 – Empire Jazz Orchestra with Lew Soloff & Colleen Pratt, SCCC

-  April 3 (and 4 other times) – Keith Pray Big Soul Experience, Tess’ Lark Tavern

-  April 15 - Albany Musicians Jazz Appreciation event, Revolution Hall, Troy

-  April 22 – Colleen Pratt CD Release party, Glen Sanders Mansion, Schenectady

-  May 2 – Bobby Sanabria Latin Jazz group, Whisperdome, Schenectady

-  May 4 – Joe Barna with Ralph Lalama, Spillin’ the Beans, Troy

-  May 31 – Roberta Gambarini, SPAC Little Theater

- June 1 – Carol Sloane, Sculler’s Cambridge, MA

- June 7 – Roz Corral, Hotel Kitano, Manhattan

-  July 8 – Keith Pray Quartet, Hilton Arts
   Center, Albany