Minton's Playhouse
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Minton's Playhouse was a bar and club, established by Henry Minton on West 118th Street in New York City in 1938.
Many swing musicians associated in after-hours jam sessions at Minton's, and these sessions are often cited as important in the development of bebop, then dubbed "modern jazz".
External links
- Information from Ken Burns "Jazz Documentary: [1] (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/places/spaces_mintons_playhouse.htm)
- Stickball Hall of Fame: More about Minton's Playhouse (http://www.streetplay.com/stickball/halloffame/aboutmintons.shtml)
- "Minton's" by LeRoi Jones (http://www.ualberta.ca/~mborshuk/minton.htm)