In 1963 I came to LA as a young man from The Netherlands to study at the UCLA. I’m 75 now and still remember the good times I had as a jazz lover in LA (The Lighthouse). One evening I was taken to Watts by friends to attend an after hours concert by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. They had first been performing at a big stage in LA at prime time and afterwards came down to this movie theater in Watts to play for a great jazz loving crowd. It was a free concert if my memory serves me well.
Does anybody remember this and know which theater this was?
Is there more to learn about this subject of the local jazz culture? Where there other jazz musicians playing after hours in (movie) theaters for a special audience?
In 1963 I came to LA as a young man from The Netherlands to study at the UCLA. I’m 75 now and still remember the good times I had as a jazz lover in LA (The Lighthouse). One evening I was taken to Watts by friends to attend an after hours concert by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. They had first been performing at a big stage in LA at prime time and afterwards came down to this movie theater in Watts to play for a great jazz loving crowd. It was a free concert if my memory serves me well. Does anybody remember this and know which theater this was? Is there more to learn about this subject of the local jazz culture? Where there other jazz musicians playing after hours in (movie) theaters for a special audience?
Tom Wesel