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The Colonial Tavern was one of the most famous jazz venues in Canada from the 1950s till its closure in the late 1970s. It was located at 201–203 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario (now an open lot between 197 Yonge Street and 205 Yonge Street) where a historic plaque (now removed) remembered this key jazz venue.
Nov. 16—If you've been to the River Street Jazz Cafe recently, you know it hosts much more than jazz. "Now it's any genre of music," said owner Rob Friedman, whose love for jazz and blues led ...
Yoshi's (also known as Yoshi's Jazz Club and Yoshi's Oakland) is a nightclub located in Jack London Square in Oakland, California, United States. The venue originally opened in 1972 as a restaurant in Berkeley, later moving to Claremont Avenue in Oakland. In 1979, the restaurant expanded into a lounge/nightclub hosting local and national jazz ...
Casino Bellevue – 375, Ontario West street (Bleury corner) (21 April 1949 – end of 1950) [31] Gaiety Theatre – 84, Sainte-Catherine West street (1912–1953) (today the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde) Aux Trois Castors – 415, Sainte-Catherine Est street, now demolished to make way for UQAM's Pavillon Judith-Jasmin
He left behind a legacy tied to the comings and goings of world-famous musicians and fellow jazz fans who frequented the Ontario House while it was under his ownership and management from the 1957 ...
It usually hosts over 200 performances per year. The theatre is the main performance venue for the large ensembles such as the symphony orchestra, jazz band and wind ensemble. In 2009, the theatre received a CA$5,000,000 renovation [16] with half the cost being offset by fundraising campaigns.
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.
Entrance of a jazz kissa in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Jazz kissa (Japanese: ジャズ喫茶), sometimes transliterated as jazu kissa, are cafés that specialise in the playing and appreciation of recorded jazz music. Unique to Japan, jazz kissa are spaces where jazz music is played for dedicated listening rather than as background music.