Half Note Club
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The Half Note was a jazz club located at 289 Hudson Street in New York City
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The club was known for showcasing up-and-coming jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s, defraying its costs with live radio broadcasts on Friday nights, hosted by Alan Grant.
The Half Note was one of a handful of legendary Manhattan nightclubs, including the Village Vanguard
, the Village Gate, the Five Spot
, and Slugs' Saloon, that featured world class jazz on a regular basis.
The Canterino family, who owned the Half Note, closed the club in 1972, and the location is presently occupied by a deli.
Live radio recordings have been released, including those by John Coltrane
and Cannonball Adderley. The Lennie Tristano
quintet was filmed at the Half Note in June of 1964 for the CBS television show "Look up and Live," which was narrated by Dr. William Hamilton.
New York City
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The club was known for showcasing up-and-coming jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s, defraying its costs with live radio broadcasts on Friday nights, hosted by Alan Grant.
The Half Note was one of a handful of legendary Manhattan nightclubs, including the Village Vanguard
Village Vanguard
The Village Vanguard is a jazz club located at in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. At first, it also featured other forms of music such as folk music and beat poetry, but it switched to an all-jazz format in 1957.-History:Over 100 jazz...
, the Village Gate, the Five Spot
Five Spot
The Five Spot Café was a jazz club located at 5 Cooper Square in the Bowery neighbourhood of New York City.-History:In 1937, Salvatore Termini purchased what was then known as the Bowery Café, a working-class bar located under the Third Avenue El. In 1946, two of Termini's sons, Joe and Ignatze ...
, and Slugs' Saloon, that featured world class jazz on a regular basis.
The Canterino family, who owned the Half Note, closed the club in 1972, and the location is presently occupied by a deli.
Live Recordings
- Donald Byrd - At the Half Note CafeAt the Half Note CafeAt the Half Note Cafe is a live album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1960 at the Half Note in Manhattan and released on the Blue Note label originally as two single LP issues and reissued as a double CD set....
- Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half NoteSmokin' at the Half NoteSmokin' at the Half Note is a jazz album recorded by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio and released in 1965.-History:The album is considered important to the history of jazz because it paired Miles Davis's rhythm section, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, with Montgomery...
- John Coltrane - Live at the Half Note: One Down, One UpLive at the Half Note: One Down, One UpLive at the Half Note: One Down, One Up is a 1965 album by jazz musician John Coltrane.-Track listing:Original CD release Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up .Disc 1#"Introduction and Announcements" – 1:36...
Live radio recordings have been released, including those by John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
and Cannonball Adderley. The Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano
Leonard Joseph Tristano was a jazz pianist, composer and teacher of jazz improvisation. He performed in the cool jazz, bebop, post bop and avant-garde jazz genres. He remains a somewhat overlooked figure in jazz history, but his enormous originality and dazzling work as an improviser have long...
quintet was filmed at the Half Note in June of 1964 for the CBS television show "Look up and Live," which was narrated by Dr. William Hamilton.