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A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section.
The club was nominated for venue of the year by the Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group in 2006 and 2007 and was winner of the Live Jazz Award in 2013. Since 26 March 2012, the club has been listed in Time Out magazine's readers' poll as one of London's best music venues [ 4 ] and received a nomination for Live Promotion Team of the Year in ...
A jazz kissa's book collection containing copies of Swing Journal. In 1950s Japan, live jazz performances were rare as were locally produced jazz records. [13] Instead, records had to be imported from America at prohibitively expensive prices that, while too costly for most individuals, jazz kissa would pay.
During the 1930's, the bar had multiple live performances daily, and over time, the bar evolved into an R&B live performance venue with regional and national music entertainment. Popular musicians include; Fats Waller , Lionel Hampton , Lou Rawls , James Brown and notably the formation of the James Brown funk era band ( The J.B.'s ) occurred ...
Bassist Audun Ellingsen with saxophonist Frøy Aagre live at the Jazzclub Unterfahrt in 2010. Jazzclub Unterfahrt is a jazz club at Einsteinstraße 42 in Munich, Germany, described by Lonely Planet as "perhaps the best-known place in town, with live music". [1] The club has over 1,200 members, though only has a capacity of about 180 people.
In 1970, he opened The Baked Potato jazz club in Studio City, California, and formed Don Randi and Quest as the house band. The band recorded over 15 albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1980 for the album New Baby. [3] In 2010, the Baked Potato was named Best Jazz Club by Los Angeles magazine. [4]
Jazz Standard was a jazz club located at 116 East 27th Street in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It frequently hosted well-known bands and musicians. It frequently hosted well-known bands and musicians.
Charles Burrell (born October 4, 1920) is an American classical and jazz bass player most prominently known for being the first African-American to be a member of a major American symphony (the Denver Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Colorado Symphony).