Vibrato

Vibrato is intermittent and wiry, with virtually no sense of "singing" on the instrument.

Music review: Parker Quartet at Freer Gallery Robert Battey 2010

This night he immediately pointed a finger at me and, with a wicked smile, said "You reviewed my jazz restaurant, Vibrato, six years ago in your newsletter."

Jay Weston: Five Promising Artists Receive Grants From Alpert Foundation Jay Weston 2011

Eden Alpert is a partner in Vibrato and oversees the club.

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

The legendary Vibrato hamburger would win any burger competition in town.

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

Eden Alpert is a partner in Vibrato and oversees the club.

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

A quick embrace, an invitation to re-review Vibrato, and he was gone.

Jay Weston: Five Promising Artists Receive Grants From Alpert Foundation Jay Weston 2011

This night he immediately pointed a finger at me and, with a wicked smile, said "You reviewed my jazz restaurant, Vibrato, six years ago in your newsletter."

Jay Weston: Five Promising Artists Receive Grants From Alpert Foundation Jay Weston 2011

Vibrato has a hundred seats around the stage, a bar designed like a piano with a bronze bust of Louis "Satchmo" Amstrong hanging above it, and I found I liked to sit on the balcony looking down at the club.

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

A quick embrace, an invitation to re-review Vibrato, and he was gone.

Jay Weston: Five Promising Artists Receive Grants From Alpert Foundation Jay Weston 2011

But my prime function as a restaurant critic of some reported acumen kicked in, and knew that I first must mention that Vibrato has a new Exec Chef, Wilks Medley, who can cook up a storm.

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011