Charles Mingus, John Handy and Booker Ervin playing at the Five Spot while Orson Welles listens, 1958
"Anyone ringing in 1959 in Manhattan had options: Eartha Kitt at the Waldorf, Dizzy Gillespie at the Village Vanguard, Count Basie and Joe Williams at Birdland (which was broadcast nationally on CBS Radio’s 'New Year’s Eve Dancing Party'), Teddy Wilson at The Embers (54th St. and 3rd Ave.), Willie 'The Lion' Smith at Central Plaza (6th St. and 2nd Ave.), and Blossom Dearie at Versailles (9th St. and 6th Ave.) among many, many others. But the most tantalizing line-up, in retrospect, might have been at humble East Village club the Five Spot (Bowery Ave. between 4th and 5th St.), where Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus were performing with their ensembles. ..."
The 1959 Project (Video)
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