55 bar

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55 Bar is a jazz club located in the Manhattan borough of New York .

The 55 Bar , named after number (55 Christopher Street ), is located in Greenwich Village , Manhattan. Schiller's Liquor Bar has existed in this building since 1919 (and also during Prohibition) . In 1971, musician Gary McFarland died in Bar 55 , possibly from an overdose of liquid methadone . In the 1980s Leni and Mike Stern as well as Wayne Krantz played in the 55 Bar , and since the 1990s also u. a. Jonathan Kreisberg and Vic Juris .

Krantz recorded several live albums there such as 2 Drink Minimum ( enja , 1995), Greenwich Green (1998) and Your Basic Live (2002); Furthermore, musicians like Laurent Medelgi, JD Walter, David Binney and most recently Noah Preminger ( Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar , 2015) recorded albums there.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Kränzle, Margit Brinke: Travel Know-How CityTrip PLUS New York City with Staten and Long Island . 2016, S238f.
  2. ↑ Thomas Conrad: Gary McFarland: This is Gary McFarland. JazzTimes , July 22, 2015, accessed February 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ interview re / 55 Bar. September 14, 2017, accessed August 12, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 1, 2018)

Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 74 ° 0 ′ 5 ″  W.