St. Pete: Day 7 (JFC Jazz Club)

Honestly, today was a little bland. Nina gave us plenty of homework, so a large part of the day was dedicated to that. Also, a few of us trekked to the Grocery Store for luncheon meat, Sosliki, and Ramen; you know, the essentials. I only brought a little shampoo, soap, and body wash, so that I would have to stock up on Russian shower products, so I got some new Shampoo called 'Shamtu' and some body wash called 'Fa'. So far Fa has been alright, but Shamtu just takes away all my shine and bounce! Travesty!

Things definitely picked up after it got dark. The best part of the Friday was going to this 'Jazz Club' called JFC. In Russia, jazz, as I have come to understand, is a fairly inclusive musical term. The performing band was, I think, more influenced by Latin music than typical jazz. However, they were very into improvising (jamming), which is I think often associated with Jazz music. But, improvisation and collaboration (synergy) is probably why live music is great to begin with. You should really judge for yourself, though, so I'll post a 30 second clip that I took while I was there. By the way, the whole time I was dying to shout “Meester Byorgany! Iazz Flute!”

<-- Mike, Jesica, and Doug before the show started. --> The Band, live.









<-- Ron Burgundy!