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The 1950s and 1960s were the heydays for jazz in San Francisco. Here are three nightclubs that played an important part in bringing jazz to the City By The Bay.
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Jazz Workshop
473 Broadway Street
Peaked in the 1960s.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”492″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Notable Performers:
- Miles Davis
- Cannonball Adderley
- Gerry Mulligan
- Stan Getz
- Horace Silver
- John Coltrane,
- Dizzy Gillespie
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Notable Recordings:
- Cannonball Adderley Jazz Workshop Revisited (1962)
- Thelonious Monk Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
- Charles Mingus Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
- Jack McDuff Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live! (1964)
- Ahmad Jamal Naked City Theme (1964)
- Max Roach Speak Brother Speak (1963)
- Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley In San Francisco (1959)
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The Blackhawk
Corner of Turk Street and Hyde Street
Open from 1949 to 1963.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Notable Performers:
- Miles Davis
- Cal Tjader
- Thelonious Monk
- Shelly Manne
- Mongo Santamaría.
- Dave Brubeck Quartet
- John Coltrane
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Chet Baker
- Vince Guaraldi
- Stan Getz,
- Mary Stallings
- Johnny Mathis
- Art Blakey
- Shorty Rogers
- Art Pepper
- Art Farmer
- Gerry Mulligan
- Horace Parlan
- Russ Freeman
- Art Tatum
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Notable Recordings:
- Miles Davis In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
- Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two at the Blackhawk (1960)
- Shelly Manne At the Black Hawk 1, 2, 3, 4 (1959)
- Cal Tjader Jazz at the Blackhawk (1957)
- Dave Brubeck Jazz At The Blackhawk (1956)
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Basin Street West
401 Broadway
Open from 1964 to 1973 (transitioned to rock in the late 60s).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”499″ img_size=”250×350″ alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Notable Performers:
- Duke Ellington
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Eddie Cano
- Hampton Hawes
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