Last week, my boyfriend’s cousin invisted us to a jazz concert at Porgy & Bess in the first district. The show was last night where Shai Maestro Trio from Israel played. The concert started at 8:30 (or supposedly), but the bar and the seating area opened before the show started. As I was waiting for the show to start with my drink, I thought to myself, wow this is an incredibly grown up thing to do. The club has a show rather frequently (see schedule here http://www.porgy.at/). Ticket prices vary based on shows they have, but they cost about 20 euros on average with reserved seats. Luckily, our seats were on the very first row, so close we were able to rest our legs on the stage!

Shai Maestro Trio includes Shai Maestro, a jazz pianist from Israel, and a Peruvian bassist, Jorge Rodeder, and an Israeli drummer, Ziv Ravitz. I could not get all three of them in one frame cuz I was too close to the stage. In addition to songs from their old album, they also played a couple songs from their upcoming album that wil be released in early November. When they played without a set list, but before playing every song, they gave us an update on the next song and its background. There was a brief (about ten minutes) intermission in bewteen. I was very impressed with their music, and one song about the war between Israel and Palestine was actually emotional and sensitive. I definitely recommend this place to all musicians and jazz lovers!