“Next time, you have to say ‘Vas-cay-a!’” Dominick Splendorio called out. “We’re a rum bar, not a tequila bar.”
Vascaya, a top-selling rum at Splendorio’s Zafra restaurant, was one of dozens of drinks that flowed Thursday night to accompany concoctions of a different kind: musical mixtures.
Zafra, on Orange Street, was one of several spots around town that filled with jazz, or jazz stirred with other traditions, as part of a week-long schedule ofperformances leading up to Saturday’s New Haven Jazz Festival concerts on the Green.
Click the video to hear a sample from Cafe Nine.
The music, like the drinks being consumed, blended different styles, as a sampling of both revealed during a series of stops around town Thursday night. Come along for a taste of the music in the air.
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