Last night, just for a change of pace, I decided to absorb some live music. Having been recommended the Edelweiss on a Tuesday night, for a selection of up-beat jazz and blues, that's where I found myself.
Tucked deep inside Gorlitzer park (which is more-or-less pitch-black past 10pm, as the council turns the lights off, to save power and money - I assume), it's a venue that mightn't seem so obvious at first, but is worth a visit. The downstairs bar is warm-glowing affair of mountainous murals and multiple picture frames, while upstairs - in the band room - is a green-walled room of grooves. It has a kind of 1930s-esque vibe... I suppose.
In terms of sound, the audience was treated with a selection of tight jazz grooves - not of the free-wheeling experimental variety, but of a more kick-drum-heavy, up-tempo vibe (a heavy kick-drum, in any form, seems to drive Berlin). Some gritty blues numbers were thrown in for good measure, as well as a few softer pop numbers (for the lovers) and a bit of dub (which kind of temporarily killed the vibe, in my opinion).
All in all, it was refreshing to hear and see live music. Watching the interaction and improvisation between the players was really interesting. I'll definitely get back to catch another Tuesday evening at the Edelweiss.
I'd been told that the house band loved to cover Bill Wither's 'Use Me' - and sure enough, it cropped up:
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