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Remembering the Bread & Jam Cafe

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Joe Barna and Sketches of Influence (photo by Andrzej Pilarczyk)

Yes, it’s sad, sad news that the Bread & Jam Cafe in Cohoes will be shuttering its doors for good on Friday. (Read more here.)

But we also have a warm feeling in our hearts for the efforts made by owner Salvatore Prizio and all of the fine folks who made it such a great place for the past two years.

And of course, we also have some great musical memories. Here are reviews/photos from some of our fave Bread & Jam Cafe shows:

Tern Rounders’ Moonlight Jamboree (July 17, 2010)

Keith Kane, Population 2 (May 28, 2010)

Joe Barna & Sketches of Influence (April 2, 2010)

Bryan Thomas, Julia Brown (March 19, 2010)

Joe Barna & Sketches of Influence (August 17, 2009)

heARTS aligned (June 20, 2009)

Tags: Bread & Jam Cafe, Cohoes
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Flashback: Sarge Blotto & Buck Dharma Together Again!

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Thanks to Marty Feier for digging this one up and dusting it off…

Tags: Buck Dharma, MTV, Sarge Blotto, toot-toot
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A Year in the Life of Saxman John Ellis

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

When John Ellis arrived at the Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival last weekend as the reedman with Kendrick Scott Oracle, we knew he meant business, and sure enough, he delivered.

Then it occurred to us that the saxophonist and sometime bass clarinetist certainly does know his way around Nippertown.

Here’s a little timeline and photo essay to show you what we mean:

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Tags: Andrzej Pilarczyk, John Ellis
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Friday, May 28th, 2010

A big thank you goes out to Sarah Craig and the volunteers that helped make the 50th anniversary of Caffe Lena such a wonderful and memorable event.

We’d like to offer one last photo from the vast archives of longtime house photographer Joe Deuel. It’s a 1989 photograph of Dave Van Ronk clowning around after Lena Spencer’s memorial service. He’s surrounded by Anna McGarrigle, Utah Phillips and Roy Book Binder. It’s also the only one of Joe’s photos that we’ve published that wasn’t taken at the Caffe. This one’s from the Parting Glass:

Dave Von Ronk

Tags: Anna McGarrigle, Caffe Lena, Dave Von Ronk, Joe Deuel, Parting Glass, Roy Book Binder, Saratoga Springs, Utah Phillips
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Congratulations go out to Sarah Craig and the tireless volunteers who made Caffe Lena’s 50th anniversary possible this month. We’re joining in the celebration by publishing one photo each day from the collection of house photographer Joe Deuel.

Here’s a 1989 photograph of John Hartford lounging backstage with Lena Spencer (and Sasha):

John Hartford and Lena Spencer

Tags: Caffe Lena, Joe Deuel, John Hartford, Saratoga Springs
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Happy Birthday, Miles

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Today we celebrate the 84th anniversary of the birth of one of the true greats of American music – composer-trumpeter Miles Davis:

Tags: birthdays, Miles Davis
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

We’re joining in the celebration for Caffe Lena’s 50th anniversary by publishing one photo each day this month from the wonderful archive of photography by the Caffe’s Joe Deuel.

Here’s a shot from 2009 of the wry and timeless Mose Allison at the piano:

Mose Allison

Tags: Caffe Lena, Joe Deuel, Mose Allison
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

We’re celebrating Caffe Lena’s 50th anniversary by publishing one photo each day this month from the rich archives of house photographer Joe Deuel.

Here’s one of our favorites – a 1991 photo of Vaughn and George Ward as they await their turn on stage at the annual Folk-A-Thon:

Vaughn And George Ward

Tags: Caffe Lena, George Ward, Joe Deuel, Vaughn Ward
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Saratoga Springs venerable coffeehouse Caffe Lena celebrated its 50th anniversary during the past weekend, and very soon we’ll have lots of photos from the various anniversary events. But we’re also going to continue running a photo a day from the archives of soundman/house photographer Joe Deuel til the end of the month.

Here’s a photo of Michael Cooney and Lena Spencer on stage together in the early ’80s:

Michael Cooney and Lena Spencer

Tags: Caffe Lena, Joe Deuel, Lena Spencer, Michael Cooney, Saratoga Springs
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Caffe Lena Photo of the Day

Friday, May 21st, 2010

That fabulous, little, unpretentious second-floor coffeehouse at 47 Phila Street in Saratoga Springs has been in operation for 50 years now, and over the course of that half-century, Caffe Lena has hosted some of the finest talent to be found anywhere – from Bob Dylan to Emmylou Harris, from Spalding Gray to Ani DiFranco.

Nippertown.com is pleased as punch to be a small part of the Caffe’s 50th anniversary celebration by publishing one of the fabulous photographs from the rich archives of house soundman/photographer Joe Deuel each day this month.

Here’s one of Joe’s photos of Lena Spencer – the heart and soul, as well as the founder and manager, of the Caffe from 1960 until her death in 1989:

Lena Reading