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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
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  • 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
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  • 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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