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The Lighthouse Café is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. It has been active as a jazz showcase since 1949 and, under the name "The Lighthouse", was one of the best known West Coast jazz clubs from the 1950s through the late 1970s. In addition to jazz, reggae to rock - among other genres of music - are now ...
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. Over the years it has hosted many live recordings from jazz fusion artists. Larry Carlton recorded Last Nite ...
Pages in category "Jazz clubs in Los Angeles" ... The Crescendo (music venue) D. Donte's; Dunbar Hotel; F. Florentine Gardens; H. The Haig; Herb Alpert's Vibrato ...
The Crescendo was owned and operated by Gene Norman (né Eugene Abraham Nabatoff; 1922–2015) of GNP Crescendo Records who had purchased the property in 1954 from singer Billy Eckstine who had run the venue as the Chanticlair. The Chanticlair, Crescendo, and Interlude welcomed integrated audiences. Norman sold the Crescendo in 1963 to focus on ...
Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco. Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco [4] Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Downtown Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz [4] [1] : 5. Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley [4] Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio, San Francisco [1] : 5. Jazz Workshop, San Francisco.
Zardi's (also Zardi's Jazzland) was a venue for jazz music in Los Angeles, from the beginning of the 1950s to 1957. Zardi's was located on Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood and Vine district. [1] Well-known musicians such as Bob Brookmeyer, [2] Stan Getz, [3] Jimmy Giuffre, [2] Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, [1] and Cal Tjader, whose concert at ...
JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA is a two-day festival for music, art, culture and diversity, held every Memorial Day Weekend on the UCLA Intramural Field. By featuring artists such as Jill Scott, Buju Banton, The Roots, Beenie Man, and Stephen Marley, as well as unique opportunities to experience new ethnic foods, crafts and cultures, the event has been highly acclaimed by the press, artists, and ...
Before World War II, the west coast of the U.S. hosted a bustling music scene, though its activity remained largely localized. [1] In 1917, Jelly Roll Morton moved to California and remained in Los Angeles until 1922, when he left for Chicago. [2] [3]: 481 Kid Ory formed a band in Los Angeles after moving to California in 1919. [4]