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The Baked Potato. Coordinates: 34°8′12″N 118°21′47″W. Club exterior in 2015. The Baked Potato is a prominent jazz club on Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, opened by Don Randi (father of bassist Leah Randi) in 1970. Randi formed his own group, Don Randi and Quest, as the house band.
Don was born February 25, 1937, in New York City. [ 1] He was raised in the Catskill Mountains and studied classical music. [ 2] In 1954, he moved to Los Angeles and became a studio musician. [ 2] During the next year, he began working at record distribution company where he was influenced by jazz musicians, particularly Horace Silver. [ 3]
Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco [ 4] Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco. Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco [ 4] Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Downtown Santa Cruz [ 4][ 1]: 5. Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley [ 4] Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio, San Francisco [ 1]: 5. Jazz Workshop, San Francisco.
Cliff Bell’s, 2030 Park Ave., Detroit. 313-961-2543. cliffbells.com. Tickets $25. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: R&B on the river, homegrown jazz, drinks at the zoo ...
Eddie Condon's was the name of three successive jazz venues in New York run by jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader Eddie Condon from 1945 until the mid-1980s. [1] In 1975, Red Balaban took over the management of the club. [2] Ed Polcer was also a part-owner at the time of the club's closing. [1] Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, and Eddie ...
In May 2010, Bombastic Meatbats performed on the 40th Anniversary Baked Potato Jazz Festival at John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood, CA. Their second CD, More Meat, was released on October 19, 2010. The band's first live album, Live Meat And Potatoes was released on May 21, 2012.
Sweet Basil was a jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, located at 88 Seventh Avenue South. Founded in 1974 by Sharif Esmat, it was considered among the most prominent New York City jazz clubs of its day. [ 1] Many jazz albums were recorded live at Sweet Basil, including Cecil Taylor 's Iwontunwonsi, McCoy Tyner 's Live at Sweet Basil ...
Metropole Cafe. The Metropole Cafe was a jazz club that operated in New York from the mid-1950s through 1965. Located at 7th Avenue and 48th Street, it was primarily noted in the bebop and progressive jazz era as being a venue for traditional musicians. Henry "Red" Allen, a New Orleans veteran of many bands including King Oliver 's and Fletcher ...