Nick's

Nick's (now St. Nick's Jazz Pub) is a tavern and jazz club located at the northwest corner of 10th Street and 7th Avenue in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, New York City,[1] which was at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s.

The original jazz club here was the Poosepahtuck Club, featuring Joe Jordan as the house pianist, and blues singer Monette Moore. Nick's was established in 1940. Many jazz artists performed at the club including Bill Saxton (a Friday night regular),[2]Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier, Miff Mole, Joe Grauso etc.[3] Artists like Miles Davis and John Coltrane used to visit the pub to relax after their gigs.[4] During the early 1950s the club was noted for its regular Phil Napoleon and The Original Memphis Five Dixieland performances.[5] It was renamed St. Nick's Jazz Pub in the 1960s. As of December 2013, it is closed for renovation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pick, Margaret (2011). "A Night at Nick's: Hot Jazz in the Big Apple". Stanford University: The Jim Cullum Riverwalk Jazz Collection. Retrieved April 2016.
  2. ↑ Silverman, Brian (4 September 2007). Frommer's New York City 2008. John Wiley & Sons. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-470-14439-8.
  3. ↑ Brinkofski, Elizabeth Dodd (1 July 2013). New York City Jazz. Arcadia Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7385-9914-4.
  4. ↑ Carroll, Myka (18 October 2012). New York City For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-118-49540-7.
  5. ↑ "Phil Napoleon". Redhotjazz.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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Coordinates: 40°49′35.9″N 73°56′36.2″W / 40.826639°N 73.943389°W / 40.826639; -73.943389


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