From Speakeasy to Findeasy: Taking it up a notch with BLU Plate August 7th, 2017 words and photos by Lia Pietrolungo After nearly four years of jiving underground, BLU Jazz+ has “taken it up a notch” with the grand opening BLU Plate’s front door on Market Street. “We started out as a s...
An intimate night of harmonious music: Duchess at BLU Jazz+ June 22nd, 2017 words and photos by Brett Auerbach It only took one evening for New York based- vocal trio, Duchess to make their mark in Akron after performing not one, but two seemingly flawless sets at Bl...
Vive le Jazz! March 11th, 2016 French Singer Cyrille Aimée Gives an Encore Performance at Blu Jazz+ words by Andrew Leask; photos by Svetla Morrison To introduce a song in her set at Blu Jazz+ on February 28, French-born ...
New/Native | Bouncing around with Tim Quine and his ‘Rubber City Review’ April 16th, 2015 Name: Tim Quine Age: 58 Hometown: Akron Neighborhood: West Akron (Fairlawn Heights) rubbercityreview.com I was already a fan of Tim Quine’s Rubber City Review blog when a recent post made me finally pull...
Issue 2 Cover Story | ‘The State of The Scene’ April 14th, 2015 Good, bad or ugly—digging into the Akron music scene cover story by Jenny Conn; photographs by Shane Wynn It’s Friday night in mid-February at Jilly’s Music Room. Temps are single digits with a wind...
Behind the Bar | Meet Lisa Stewart, BLU Jazz+ April 11th, 2015 Name: Lisa Stewart Hometown: Canton, OH Lives in: Highland Square Job: Bartender, BLU Jazz+ What was your first night like? The first night at BLU Jazz+ was not what I expected at all. The offic...
Say Yes… | BLU Jazz is picture perfect for artists March 5th, 2015 MUST SEE: Cyrille Aimée performs at BLU Jazz on Thursday, March 5 Dimmed lighting. Relaxing atmosphere. Signature cocktails. Quality live jazz music. None of these important things were first on Tony Troppe’s...
