Baccus Jazz Foundation

Baccus Jazz Foundation Baccus Jazz Foundation Arguably, America’s greatest cultural contribution to the world has been jazz music.

It may be argued with equal force that one of the most important shrines in the history of jazz was Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem. Minton’s was the place where Bebop was born; the place, really, where the foundations of modern jazz were established. Founded in 1938 by the saxophonist Henry Minton (from whom the establishment took its name) Minton’s Playhouse became, over the next decade, the settin

g for a revolution in jazz. Virtually everyone who was anyone in the world of jazz made his or her way to Minton’s during this period. Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charlie Christian and Kenny Clarke were regular performers there. In addition, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRea, Billy Eckstine, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Bill Evans and Art Blakey, to name just some of the giants, all played at Minton’s. It was there, in this rather smallish Harlem nightclub, that these musicians, in the words of the immortal Ralph Ellison, “formulated…the chordal progressions and the hide-and-seek melodic methods of modern jazz.” In other words, Minton’s was not just the birthplace of Bebop, it was the place where all of what we have come to know as modern jazz was incubated. While Minton’s is most famous for the seminal role it played in the Bebop revolution of the 1940s, the club had a vital existence through the early 1960s as a magnet for musicians who wanted to jam and continued to operate until 1974, when a fire led to the abandonment of the Cecil Hotel where Minton’s was housed. Nonetheless, in recognition of its significance in American history and culture, Minton’s Playhouse has been listed on both the National and the New York State Register of Historic Places.

07/13/2021

When Henry Minton, -the first black delegate to the local musician's union- opened Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem in 1938, he knew that jazz players were frequently in need of a meal and a place to give their instruments a workout. He gave them both. Minton’s extended a tricky welcome to its jam sessions: Musicians could eat free soul food and take a solo as long as they could keep up with the house band, anchored by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke. (The house band!..imagine, The House Band) This gang of nonconformists delighted in bizarre chord progressions, obscure keys and melodies that ran upside down. They did that with a purpose: Deter "The Wannabes".
We are keeping the legacy alive.
Come visit us and experience the legacy. You will get goosebumps.!!!!




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07/11/2021

If you missed it last night, well, you missed a great show with .
Tonight takes the stage and you don't want to miss it.

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05/27/2021

The Amazing Tamara Jade Performing at Minton's Playhouse.

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04/29/2021

Jam Session

04/28/2021

Tonight

04/20/2021

Where else is in the world can you have have the best Live Jazz and an Angus Tomahawk Steak?...I'll wait for a response....

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03/25/2021

Are You Ready For The Weekend?

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02/20/2021

WOW!!!!! These guys came to play serious staff!!!!
What a way to open the weekend..

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01/25/2021

Sunday Night Vibes.
Live Music In Our Outdoor Stage.

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01/24/2021

XX Festival Jazz en la Playa
Sotavento big band
Ostende, Argentina

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