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Chumley's was a historic pub and former speakeasy at 86 Bedford Street, between Grove and Barrow Streets, in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1922 by the socialist activist Leland Stanford Chumley, who converted a former blacksmith's shop near the corner of Bedford and Barrow ...
A group of investors bought the property in 1975, changing its name to "Andy's". [1] The club is one of the city's most popular jazz venues. [2] In 1977 jazz promoters Penny Tyler and John Defauw began producing midday jazz sessions at Andy's, which was later expanded to include performances later in the day with sets at 5pm and 9pm.
Here, I learned about New York City’s most successful speakeasy owner, a woman by the name of Texas Guinan who was nicknamed Queen of the Night for her power over the city’s nightlife ...
PDT, also known as Please Don't Tell, is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. The bar is often cited as the first speakeasy-style bar and thus originator of the modern speakeasy trend, [1] [2] and has influenced the American bar industry in numerous ways, [3] including beginning a sea change in New York City's cocktail culture. [2]
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club is a jazz club located at 2751 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The club was opened on April 9, 1999 by co-founders Paul Stache and Frank Christopher and is currently owned by Stache and his wife and partner Molly Sparrow Johnson. [ 1 ]
Eddie Condon, Tony Parenti, Wild Bill Davison, Brad Gowans, Jack Lesberg, and Freddie Ohms at Eddie Condon's of New York City in June 1946 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]
Andy González (January 1, 1951 – April 9, 2020) was a jazz double bassist of Puerto Rican descent recognized as was one of the innovators of Latin Jazz. [1] González was a versatile player, as well as an arranger, composer, music historian and producer of other musicians' records.
Cotton Club on 125th Street in New York City, December 2013. An incarnation of the Cotton Club opened on 125th Street in Harlem in 1978. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] James Haskins wrote at the time, "Today, there is a new incarnation of the Cotton Club that sits on the most western end of the 125th Street under the massive Manhattanville viaduct.