Tuesday Night Jazz

A wonderful gem was found last night at the Continental Club in south Austin. My friends Dino, Erick and I parked my car and started walking around for a joint to chill out at but first wanted something to eat. So we end up walking around yeying or neying some spots and end up out of choice outside the Continental Club on south Congress and I see a group of young nice lookin peoples and I decide to get a recommendation on food since I didn’t know the area very well. Then the nice lady named Lisa or something tells us we should try Zen the Japanese restaurant that relatively cheap and great taste but also tells us we should come back around 10 for this jazz trio that would be playing in the upstairs of Continental Club and man did she do a great job of persuading us to check it. By the end of her talk we all looked at each other thinking wow, we have to check it out.

That is when an hour later we checked out mr. Ephraim Owens. By far one of the best trumpet players I’ve ever seen and trust me he was amazing. This little joint was a lil off to the side of the main club so it’s like a hidden treasure as Lisa said. It was only 30 or so of us but Ephraim shows up w/ his trio every Tuesday and fills the house w/ his jazzy sensations of smoothness and cool…the original way. If I could place myself in 1939 Harlem and imagine what a bluesy night w/ jazz would be like…it would be like last night and man can he blow that horn so sweetly. I was in love with that sound and I’ll always be. It always makes it better though when someone who knows the trumpet like the back of their hand, tunes it up to its pure beauty. Thank you Mr. Owens for the lovely evening.

If you are in Austin anytime in the future and you’re bored on a Tuesday night, for sure check out the Continental Club on South Congress and check out The Ephraim Owens Experience and tip these guys cause they’re not charging covers at all.