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Led by Latin entertainment mogul, Pedro Zamora, who has 30 years in the local Latin entertainment and nightlife scenes, the multi-floor former country music mecca has been completely reimagined ...
This is a list of notable current and former nightclubs in New York City. A 2015 survey of former nightclubs in the city identified 10 most historic ones, starting with the Cotton Club, active from 1923 to 1936. [1]
Latin Quarter (also known later on as The LQ) was a nightclub in New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The club originally opened in 1942 and featured big-name acts. In recent years, it had been a focus of hip hop , reggaeton and salsa music .
The Copacabana had Brazilian decor and Latin-themed orchestras, while the menu featured Chinese food. [6] The club was also known for its chorus line, "The Copacabana Girls". [7] [8] As early as 1945 it also featured performances of "sweet" big-band music by Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra which were broadcast live on the WOR ...
Wayne Shorter, who lived in the New York City area during the ballroom's heyday, composed a piece during the 1970s called "Palladium" while he was a member of the jazz-fusion group Weather Report. The song appears on their album Heavy Weather , and features a driving Latin rhythm.
Nightclubs located in Manhattan, entertainment venues and bars that usually operate late into the night. A nightclub is generally distinguished from regular bars, pubs or taverns by the inclusion of a stage for live music, one or more dance floor areas and a DJ booth, where a DJ plays recorded music.
It is widely cited as the birthplace of salsa music, or at least of the popular use of the term "salsa" to denote pan-Latin music brewing in New York City. On Thursday, August 26, 1971, the Fania All-Stars headlined the club and drew an overflowing and excited crowd [27] [28] that was later captured on film as Our Latin Thing.
The club was very successful, and within three years was grossing more than $500,000 per year. Walters moved his family to Miami Beach, Florida, where he took over the Palm Island Club from Earl Carroll and relaunched it as another Latin Quarter. [6] Two years later, in 1942, Walters opened a Latin Quarter nightclub on Times Square in New York ...