Classy musos let it rip at jam sessions

A Beijing music venue is attracting off-duty professional musicians after midnight for impromptu jam sessions.

Cafe CD Blues, on the Third Ring Road near the Agricultural Exhibition Center and at its previous location a few blocks further south, has been home to the city's alternative music scene since the 1980s.

Recently, shortly after midnight on Friday mornings, musicians have been converging on the cafe to perform free of charge and let rip their creative impulses after a night being restricted to the official playlists at the hotels and bars where they are paid to perform.