Reggie
Reggie was a Black American bartender who lived in New York City and was a longtime fixture at The Session, a jazz club in Manhattan’s West Village. Alongside owner Vera Ferrara, he was part of the club’s informal family and helped maintain its community.
Role at The Session
Reggie had worked at The Session since its early years and had spent more than thirty years behind the bar by the mid-2020s. Vera maintained the club’s musical standards, while Reggie’s work behind the bar included practical attention to the people who gathered there.
He had known Charlie Rivera since Charlie first entered the club at thirteen. Reggie monitored whether Charlie had eaten and responded quickly when Charlie became presyncopal after performing. During Logan’s first visit in November 2025, Reggie provided alcohol-free drink options, ingredient information, food, and continued refills without turning Logan’s needs into a spectacle. He and Vera shared a familial closeness with the younger musicians who made The Session a second home.
Family and Core Relationships
Charlie Rivera
Reggie treated Charlie with longstanding familiarity and dry teasing. He could tell from Charlie’s pace through the door, his shoulders, and whether he met Reggie’s eye if he needed a joke, food, or quiet. He adjusted without requiring Charlie to explain himself.
Logan Weston
Reggie recognized Logan Weston’s attraction to Charlie before Logan acknowledged it openly. He teased Logan without exposing him or his closeted sexuality and gave him practical information about drinks and food that Logan could use while managing type 1 diabetes. The next time he saw Logan after that first visit, Logan was recovering from his accident, and Reggie met the changed circumstances without making him a spectacle.
Jacob Keller
Reggie’s relationship with Jacob Keller began with abrasive ribbing. When Jacob first told him to fuck off, Reggie treated the response as a sign that Jacob had become a regular rather than a guest.
Vera Ferrara
Reggie and Vera shared responsibility for the community around The Session. Vera ran the club and set its musical expectations; Reggie maintained the bar and helped care for the people within it.
Physical Characteristics
In November 2025, Reggie was tall and lean through the body, with broad shoulders and deep-brown skin that changed little with the seasons. Laugh lines marked the corners of his eyes and mouth. He smiled easily and laughed with a short bark when something genuinely amused him. Even during a lull, his arms were in motion behind the bar, wiping a surface or stacking glasses; decades in that compact space had made his movements efficient.