Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Baker's Keyboard Lounge is a jazz club in Detroit .
The nightclub Baker's Keyboard Lounge (20510 Livernois Avenue) in Detroit is one of the oldest jazz clubs in the world; it was opened as a sandwich restaurant by Chris and Fannie Baker in 1933. It became a jazz club when Clarence Baker took it over from his father in 1939 and hired the local pianist Pat Flowers as his house musician, who played there from 1940 to 1954. From 1954 onwards, well-known artists such as Art Tatum (who had his last appearance here before his death in April 1956), as well as Yusef Lateef , George Shearing , Dave Brubeck , Ella Fitzgerald , Miles Davis , Gerry Mulligan , Barbra Streisand and Pat joined the club Metheny up there. In the 100-seat club there is also a Steinway grand piano, which was selected by Art Tatum. Several live recordings from the club have appeared on records, including by Johnny O'Neal and James Carter . Singer Eddie Jefferson was shot dead while leaving the club in 1979. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club experienced a decline; Clarence sold Baker's Keyboard Lounge to John Colbert in 1996. In 2011 the club was sold again.
Discographic notes
- 1978: Johnny O'Neal at Baker's Keyboard Lounge with Dave Young & Terry Clarke
- 2004: James Carter Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Web links
- Photo Slideshow Baker's Keyboard Lounge through the years , in Detroit Free Press
- Baker's Keyboard Lounge celebrates 80 years of the best in jazz in The Detroit News
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Lars Björn, Jim Gallert Before Motown: a History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 , p. 117
- ↑ Detroit Music: The Ultimate Sightseer's Guide ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '43.4 " N , 83 ° 8' 30.5" W.