Erie's most beautiful jazz club is set to reopen this week. Among its many charms: an easygoing, welcoming ambience, beautiful artwork, sweet treats and no cover charge.
If this sounds too good to be true, well, it nearly is. It's the Romolo Chocolates Music Series. Thanks to the advocacy and generosity of Romolo's owner, Tony Stefanelli, who is himself a bassist, Erie music lovers can enjoy nationally prominent musicians in a setting that's hard to beat.
The atmosphere at Romolo's piazza opposite Frontier Park is worlds away from the smoky, clattery jazz basements of New York. Close your eyes, and you might think you're at one of the wonderful Italian jazz festivals in places like Perugia. Open them, and it's not much different; the trompe l'oeil fresco on the piazza's west wall and the merry light bulbs strung overhead evoke the charm of "Cinema Paradiso."
Stefanelli's taste in music is as infallible as his eye for design, and he's chosen a perfect opener for the series.
Photo: Jazz violinist Christian Howes./ERIE TIMES-NEWS
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