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330 West 42nd Street is on the south side of 42nd Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. [1] [2] The land lot has an area of 27,975 square feet (2,599.0 m 2) and a frontage of 130 feet (40 m) on 42nd Street, extending 197.5 feet (60.2 m) deep. [1]
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is a museum dedicated to preservation and celebration of the jazz history of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The idea for the museum was conceived in 1995. The museum was founded in 1997 by Leonard Garment, counsel to two U.S. presidents, and an accomplished jazz saxophonist, Abraham David Sofaer, a former U ...
Minton's original owner, Henry Minton, was known in Harlem for being the first ever black delegate to the American Federation of Musicians Local 802. [3] In addition, he had been the manager of the Rhythm Club, in Harlem, in the early part of the 1930s, a venue which Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and Earl Hines frequented. [4]
Café Bohemia. Coordinates: 40.7326°N 74.0026°W. The Café Bohemia is a jazz club located at 15 Barrow Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Its original run lasted from 1955 to 1960, and has been revived at its original location as of October 2019.
The Five Spot Café was a jazz club located at 5 Cooper Square (1956–1962) in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City, between the East and West Village. In 1962, it moved to 2 St. Marks Place until closing in 1967. Its friendly, non-commercial, and low-key atmosphere with affordable drinks and food and cutting edge bebop and progressive ...
West end. NY 9A West Side Highway. East end. Cul-de-sac east of First Avenue. 52nd Street is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km) one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. A short section of it was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Arthur's Tavern is a nightclub in the West Village, New York City. It has been located in a designated historic building for more than 60 years. [1] Arthur's Tavern street address is 57 Grove Street (between 7th Avenue South and Bleecker Street). [2] Arthur's is a live jazz and blues club. [3] It has hosted Charlie Parker and Roy Hargrove. [4]
Beginning in the 1960s, he began working primarily as an ensemble leader in New York City. In the 1990s he worked in Felix Endico's swing band. Yaged served as a consultant on Benny Goodman's musical style for the 1956 film, The Benny Goodman Story. From 1996–97, he worked under the musical direction of bandleader Jack Vartan at the Stony ...