Five Spot After Dark - Jazz Explorations With Ken Poston

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Five Spot After Dark - Jazz Explorations With Ken Poston

Blog Name:Jazz 88.3 Blog

Blog Author:Vince Outlaw

Posted on:September 9, 2016

On Jazz Explorations with Ken Poston (Saturday, 7-10pm PT): Five Spot After Dark, featuring recordings from the Five Spot Cafe in New York. The original location opened in 1956 and later relocated. It was in the Bowery area and is most noted for engagements with Thelonious Monk and was also the club where Ornette Coleman made his controversial NY debut.  


Five Spot After Dark - Jazz Explorations With Ken Poston - KSDS San Diego's Jazz 88.3

SEE RARE PICTURES FROM THE CLUB...

The attached photo is Ornette during the 1959 debut. 

Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry at the Five Spot, 1959 - Five Spot After Dark - Jazz Explorations with Ken Poston

Five Spot Interior....

Five Spot Interior - Five Spot After Dark - Jazz Explorations With Ken Poston
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