Pacchia a.k.a. The Jazz Room, will probably close its doors to live jazz performances after 13 years. The club, which went through numerous changes over the past 2 years, has been sold by owner Glen Brailey.
The once prominet Dayton jazz club began to slip about 18 months ago, when new investors wanted to change the format of Pacchia from club to 5-star restaurant. The brand new stage was ripped out, trios and quartets were replaced by solo piano and bass/piano, piano/guitar duos, and the menu was overhauled with dramatic price increases. Needless to say, the lively middle-class bar crowd, once a staple of friday and saturday nights, went elsewhere.
The new owners are dealing with financial difficulty and do not think they will be able to continue offering music. And so, the one real jazz club in Dayton that was actually able to function, faces its demise, due almost entirely to miss-management.
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