A Jazz Scene Unseen: Sculler's Jazz Club

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sculler's Jazz Club

Sculler's Jazz Club
An Authentic Jazz Club for Boston Tourists

Price: Expensive
Age restriction: All Ages
Location: Double Tree Hotel, Allston
Accessibility: Great for hotel guests or people willing to pay $10 for valet parking

Sculler's prides itself in it's 'authentic' jazz scene feel. Opened in 1989 in the Allston Double Tree, Sculler's has hosted jazz greats in the likes of Harry Connick Jr and Michael Bublé. Don't get me wrong, some Sculler's has hosted the iconic Wynton Marsalis, and other serious jazz veterans. Located on an urban island, seperated from the mainland by the Mass Pike, and far from the nearest T station, Sculler's is realistically accessible to Double Tree guests and those in possession of a car. Location isn't the only factor in a college student's thought process, although the club is an "all-ages" venue, prices are way out of most student's budgets. $10 parking and $38 a plate pricing add to an expensive night. If you happen to be of age and only want a drink, ticket prices without a meal hover around $25-30 and a beer costs $8. The club itself is a touristy 'jazz club.' Dimly lit, white wallpaper, a small satin curtain-bound stage, and candle lit cocktail tables distributed around the floor. The atmosphere doesn't really scream 'authentic' quite as much as its owners make it up to be.

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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.