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Walter Dawkins inherited the club from his uncle and he and his wife Jean / Jeanne ran it. On Monday evening, March 19, 1973, Dawkins was believed to have committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a 38 colt revolver. The gun was believed to have discharg
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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. The venue is in the old beer cellars of a former restaurant. [2]
The club opened in January 1994 at its original location, at 63rd Street and Broadway in the basement of The Empire Hotel, with a minimal cover charge. [3] That first location, known as the "Iridium Room Jazz Club", was a basement room below the Merlot restaurant across from Lincoln Center and initially booked "traditional, swinging jazz musicians of the second or third level."
Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a ...
Jam Session: An Anthology of Jazz: 1961 31 Leonard Feather: The Book of Jazz: A Guide to the Entire Field: 1961 32 Rex Harris Enjoying Jazz: 1961 33 Samuel Charters: The Country Blues: 1961 34 Whitney Balliett: The Sound of Surprise: 46 Pieces on Jazz: 1961 35 Martin Williams: The Art of Jazz: Essays on the Nature and Development of Jazz: 1962 ...
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. Large rooms were also more common in the Swing era, because at that time, jazz was popular as a dance music , so the dancers needed space to move.
Denver Press Club. The Denver Press Club, located at 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, is the oldest press club in the United States. Journalists first met in 1867, and the club was incorporated in 1877. History. Members first met in the basement of Wolfe Londoner's grocery store on Larimer Street but outgrew the space and met at various ...