A Jazz Scene Unseen: Regattabar Jazz Club

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Regattabar Jazz Club

Prices: High

Age restriction: All ages

Location: Cambridge

Accessibility: 6 minutes walk to the T, 20 minutes from Downtown Boston

The Regattabar Jazz Club is located inside the Charles Hotel which if anything can give you a sense of what the venue is like which is classy. The feel of the place is very open and elegant. The venue is floor to ceiling with windows overlooking Harvard Square and the table have elaborate flower bouquet arrangements. An open and classy atmosphere to enjoy the greatest jazz acts. I could see this being a romantic ~~dinner~~ snack and entertainment destination. Yet behold there is a misleading service bar and terribly slow service.

On Yelp.com at least there were a handful of negatively charged reviews. There were no issues with the jazz shows but rather the service was poor.

Jamie L. from Yelp.com says, "Forget about service, it's not going to happen."

This place while being all ages is still inaccessible to the college crowd. It is rather restricted to more serious jazz lovers with money to spend on $20 and $45 tickets for the jazz sets. Also the food menu is sparse and a turkey sandwich with Boursin spread and sprouts served with potato chips is a whopping $13.

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Project Thesis

For our project, we chose to profile the Boston Jazz Scene "unseen" and restricted to a major demographic in Boston: college students. Our original idea had been to profile an authentic historically significant jazz club but we found that we would not be able to do so given that it was a 21 and over institution. We then looked to other places and again were restricted by an age limit. And it was not just the age restrictions that act as barriers of entry to the Boston Jazz Scene for college students. It is also accessibility defined by prices of food/drink, tickets, cover charge, and location. We began our research profiling individual institutions to piece together the Boston Jazz Scene; investigating as to what a venue has to offer including but not limited to elements such as ambience and exposure to jazz music. After research, we then compile these individual profiles to communicate to everyone (though particularly geared toward college students) information that may pique their interest in visiting these characteristically individualized places in order to experience the Boston Jazz Scene.