Rome’s oldest jazzcafé celebrates 25th birthday.
In 1982, when Alexanderplatz opened its doors the owner’s friends declared him to be completely off his rockers, a jazzcafé in Rome, and morevover in the quarter of Prati, nowhere near Rome’s most important nightlife areas, Trastevere and Testaccio.
Nowadays Alexanderplatz is Rome’s most famous jazzcafé, and artists like Chet Baker, Archie Shepp and Wynton Marsalis have palyed there. And just like the other, less weelknown muscicians who have played there they left their signatures on the walls of Alexanderplatz.
Giampiero Rubei named Alexanderplatz after the Berlin square. Rubei sees his creation as a meeting place and for him squares, and particularly the Berlin Alexanderplatz, are the ultimate meeting places.
Alexanderplatz celebrated its 25th birthday on September 27th 2007.
From the Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel Rome you take the metro line A to Ottaviano. Find the Via Barletta and turn right into Via Famagosta. After a couple of blocks this street will change names and become Via Ostia. Alexanderplatz can be found on #9.