Peacock Alley (jazz club)
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Peacock Alley was one of St. Louis
's most important jazz club
s in the 1950s. Located in the entertainment district of Gaslight Square
, it attracted performances from Miles Davis
, John Coltrane
, the Chet Baker
Quartet and many others. Davis' album "Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
" was recorded there over two weekends in July 1956.
It closed in the 1960s.
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
's most important jazz club
Jazz club
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs have been in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz and when its popularity as a dance music was common...
s in the 1950s. Located in the entertainment district of Gaslight Square
Gaslight Square, St. Louis
Gaslight Square in Saint Louis, Missouri flourished from the early nineteen fifties into the mid-sixties. This entertainment district was located in an area close to the intersection of Olive and Boyle Streets, near what is now known as the Central West End neighborhood.-History:Gaslight Square was...
, it attracted performances from Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, 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...
, the Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
Quartet and many others. Davis' album "Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
Miles Davis at Peacock Alley is a 1956 album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It was recorded in a two-part broadcast on KXLW-AM on July 14 and July 21, 1956, from Peacock Alley in the Gaslight Square entertainment district of St. Louis. The sessions were hosted by Spider Burks, a local DJ who...
" was recorded there over two weekends in July 1956.
It closed in the 1960s.
Sources
- Miles and Me, Quincy TroupeQuincy TroupeQuincy Thomas Troupe, Jr., , is a poet, editor, journalist-Early life:The son of Negro League baseball catcher Quincy Trouppe , Troupe Jr. attended Grambling State University on a baseball scholarship...
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- City of the Gabriels: The Jazz History of St. Louis, Dennis Owsley. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lNb3NwTdivoC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=peacock+alley+&source=web&ots=yYls5RviQt&sig=0wPJAnGMdK8nETWJ924AM7f81h8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA122,M1