{"id":23,"date":"2009-03-01T13:02:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T13:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2009-03-01T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T13:02:40","slug":"in-the-moods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/in-the-moods\/","title":{"rendered":"In the ‘Moods’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monaco<\/a> has always been great for nightlife but with “Moods”, the little Principality has really surpassed itself. This jazz club has been open for at least a year but we just got around to visiting it last night. It’s not an aversion to jazz that made us slow to rush over there (certainly not) but a fear that an evening out would set us back the price of a sportscar. Not so.<\/p>\n

Moods looks like it would be costly. First, there’s the location behind Monte Carlo’s Cafe de Paris. Then there’s the ultra-modern but somehow comforting decor. The staircase that leads to the entrance has a whooshing wall of water on each side and the interior is surprisingly spacious and extremely well-designed. There are several bar areas, walkways and even a book corner with sofas that border the stage and main floor. The sight lines are good from nearly everywhere and the acoustics are top-of-the-line.<\/p>\n

Drinks run from \u20ac10 on up and there’s only a cover charge for the more renowned groups like Stefano di Battista or Paola Fresu.<\/p>\n

We were most charmed by the music of Pink Turtle and Lillian Boutte that presented\u00a0 New Orleans-infused versions of rock, soul and pop classics. Musically unusual (how about ‘Satisfaction’ to a bossa-nova beat?), Pink Turtle also put on a great show, with the musicians doubling as performers, singers and comedians.<\/p>\n

Moods is open Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm on although the music starts at around 9.30pm. For more information and the program, see www.montecarloresort.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monaco has always been great for nightlife but with “Moods”, the little Principality has really surpassed itself. This jazz club has been open for at least a year but we just got around to visiting it last night. It’s not an aversion to jazz that made us slow to rush …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monaco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}