They closed the Montreal Bistro; the last remaining world class jazz club in Toronto. Fuck that!! I cannot believe how awful this is. Apparently there was a dispute over the lease or something, which makes sense, because that area (it was at the corner of Adelaide and Sherbourne) is getting some super-ritzy development on it.

So now Toronto does not have one world-class jazz club. That's a club that has a quiet policy, a good piano, and the ability to bring in musicians from the U.S. In the last year, we have lost both of our great clubs; the Senator closed almost a year to the day before the Bistro.

I mean, there's still good clubs. The Rex is still great, and thriving, but it's a bar with jazz; not a jazz club. The Red Guitar is a fantastic club, but it's tiny. The Trane Studio is alright, but they don't have a piano! Same with the Pilot Tavern. We need some rich motherfuckers to just start a new club.