Iridium Jazz Club
The Iridium Jazz Club is a jazz club in New York City that has existed since 1994 .
The Iridium Jazz Club is located at 1650 Broadway at the corner of 51st Street. The club was originally formed in January 1994 on 63rd Street and 8th Avenue. That first eatery, Iridium Room Jazz Club , was in the basement under the Merlot restaurant across from Lincoln Center ; According to Ronald Sturm, the club's manager, he should give younger mainstream musicians such as Marcus Printup , Cyrus Chestnut or Carl Allen the opportunity to perform. After three renovations, the club finally moved to its current location on Broadway / 51st Street in August 2001. Live recordings by musicians such as Kenny Garrett , Jacky Terrasson , Charlie Haden , Kenny Barron , Benny Carter , Jazz Messengers , Sweets Edison , Anthony Braxton and Clark Terry were made in the club .
Guitar legend Les Paul performed weekly at the club from 1995 until his death in 2009 at the age of 94 .
Discographic notes
- 1996: Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron - Night and the City ( Verve Records )
- 1997: Sweets Edison & Golden Horns - Live at the Iridium (Telarc)
- 1997: Jazz Messengers - The Legacy of Art Blakey: Live at the Iridium (Telarc)
- 1998: Cecil Taylor Quartet - Qu'a Yuba: Live at the Iridium Vol. 2 ( Cadence Jazz Records )
- 2005: Jean-Michel Pilc - Live at Iridium (Soulfood)
- 2005: Monty Alexander - Live at the Iridium (Telarc)
- 2006: Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Non-Cognitive Aspects Of The City - Live at Iridium ( Pi Recordings )
- 2007: Anthony Braxton - 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (12 + 1tet) ( Firehouse 12 Records )
- 2007: Eddie Daniels - Homecoming: Live at the Iridium (IPO)
- 2008: Kenny Garrett - Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium Featuring Pharoah Sanders (Mack Avenue)
- 2010: Nobuki Takamen - Live at the Iridium (Summit)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Iridium Jazz Club at allaboutjazz.com 2002 ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Peter Watrous: Critic's Notebook: Jazz With Pizazz - A New Generation of Clubs (1994) in The New York Times
- ^ Les Paul 2009 event notice in The New York Times
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 42.6 ″ N , 73 ° 59 ′ 0.8 ″ W.