Jodi Bessell and Chris Scott certainly looked the part, in smart waistcoats and crisp white shirts. They were preparing for their latest ‘soft launch’ test evening for the first jazz restaurant venue of its kind Bristol has seen for decades, possibly ever.
And as the pair spoke of their love of jazz in a gloriously converted old bank just across the river from the city centre, Chris said one comment from those who have been inside already summed it up.
“One person said to us ‘I love it here, it feels just like going back in time’, and that was just it, that’s what we’re trying to create - somewhere that is just totally different.” Bessell Scott’s House of Jazz will officially open on Tuesday, July 4 - American Independence Day a fitting date for a new Bristol establishment that aims to be a portal to New Orleans of maybe 70 or 90 years ago.
