Thanks to Philip Bast, videographer.

The opening weekend of The Jazz Room was sold out for both the Friday and Saturday night performances. The applause and cheers of the appreciative audience were heard throughout the night. Check out some of the sights and sounds.

“Welcome to The Jazz Room!” Volunteer Nicole Hamilton shows us in on opening night…

… are just a few of the colors you’ll find in this peek into The Jazz Room’s sound check: Special thanks to Philip Bast for the video.

Stephen and Tom share thoughts about The Jazz Room on Rogers Daytime TV: Special thanks to everyone at Rogers.

If the dress rehearsal was this good, I can’t wait for opening night. A handful of lucky jazz fans served as the audience tonight for a live test run at The Jazz Room. The goal of the evening was to find any kinks – sound, lighting, setup, etc. – prior to Sept. 9th’s opening night. …

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Terry Pender’s preview of what to expect at The Jazz Room this autumn: The Record: 26 shows among jazz society’s fall lineup

Jully Black had barely finished inspiring hundreds of KW live music lovers at the UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival to “break through the glass ceiling!” when I happened upon the booth for The Jazz Room on Friday night. And what did I find? A group of Jazz Roomers dancing to the music, laughing, and talking about …

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These shots were taken during the changing of the records party June 12th. With a little doctoring from a $0.99 ap, my amateur photography almost captures the mood… If a picture is worth a 1000 words, what is a picture filled with 1000 words worth? Can you identify anyone in these scenes? For a 3rd …

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Philip Bast takes you inside the Huether Hotel for a transformation in decore, moving from rock’n’roll to a little something jazzy: Rock comes down, jazz goes up. Nothing against 4 beats per measure and 3 chords a song, but sonority at the Huether is about to get a whole lot more creative than the Steve …

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