The Lighthouse Café is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark Hermosa Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It has been active since 1949 and was one of the central West Coast jazz clubs from the 1950s throughout the late 1970s. West Coast jazz is a form of Jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco at about the same time as Hard bop jazz was developing The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
A restaurant called Verpilate's was built at 30 Pier Avenue in 1934, and it was converted into the Lighthouse, a bar, in 1940. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. The club first began showcasing jazz music on May 29, 1949, when owner John Levine permitted bassist Howard Rumsey to start a recurring Sunday jam session on a trial basis. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind Howard Rumsey (born November 7, 1917) is an American Jazz Double-bassist in the 'West Coast school' of the Cool jazz idiom A jam session is a Musical act where Musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined Arrangements The experiment was a success. Rumsey became club manager soon after, and put together a house band called the Lighthouse All Stars. A house band is a group of musicians often centrally organized by a band leader who regularly play an establishment While the club also hosted visiting groups, the Lighthouse All Stars became a noted ensemble in its own right, which had among its guest musicians Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Miles Davis. Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr ( Yale Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6 1927 – January 20 1996 was an American Jazz saxophonist Composer and arranger. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. The longest-running members of the Lighthouse All Stars were Bob Cooper (saxophone), Conte Candoli (trumpet), and Stan Levey (drums). Bob Cooper may refer to Bob Cooper (journalist, freelance writer and Runner's World columnist ultramarathoner Bob Cooper (musician The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Secondo "Conte" Candoli ( July 12, 1927 &ndash December 14, 2001) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Stan Levey ( April 5, 1926 &mdash April 19, 2005) was an American Jazz Drummer. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells West Coast jazz stalwarts Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, and Jimmy Giuffre were also regulars in the early days. Milton “Shorty” Rogers ( April 14, 1924 &ndash November 7, 1994) born Milton Rajonsky in Great Barrington Massachusetts Shelly Manne (June 11 1920&ndashSeptember 26 1984 born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. James Peter Giuffre ( April 26, 1921 &ndash April 24, 2008) was an American Jazz composer arranger and Saxophone It also became an important venue for recordings; Art Pepper, Lee Morgan, Cannonball Adderley, Don Ellis, Mose Allison, Ramsey Lewis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, The Three Sounds, the Jazz Crusaders, and Joe Henderson all made recordings there. Art Pepper (b September 1 1925, Gardena California &ndash d June 15, 1982, Los Angeles California) born Arthur Lee Morgan ( 10 July, 1938 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania &ndash 19 February, 1972 in New York City) was an American Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley ( September 15 1928 – August 8 1975) was a Jazz alto saxophonist of Don Ellis ( July 25, 1934 - December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter drummer composer and bandleader Mose John Allison Jr (born November 11 1927) is an American jazz pianist and Singer. Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr (b May 27, 1935) is an American Jazz icon Composer, and Pianist. The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson ( Vibraphone) John Lewis ( Piano, musical director Percy Heath The Three Sounds (also known as The 3 Sounds) were a Jazz trio that formed in 1956. The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated Jazz, pop and soul sound Joe Henderson ( April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist. The Lighthouse sponsored an inter-collegiate jazz festival late in the 1950s, and the competition's winners included Mike Melvoin and Les McCann. Mike Melvoin (b May 10, 1937, Oshkosh Wisconsin) is an American Jazz pianist Les McCann (born September 23, 1935, Lexington Kentucky) is a Soul jazz Piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as
John Levine died in 1970, and his family sold the club to Rudy Onderwyzer, manager and part owner of Shelly Manne's club, Shelly's Manne-Hole. Shelly Manne (June 11 1920&ndashSeptember 26 1984 born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Rumsey left the Lighthouse in the 1970s, and Onderwyzer sold it again in 1981. The new owners remodeled the club and mostly discontinued the jazz-music policy. From the middle of the 1990s jazz began to come back to the club, first on Sundays, then on Saturdays and Wednesdays. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999
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References
- Gioia, Ted. This is a list of notable venues where Jazz music is played It includes Clubs, Dancehalls and historic venues West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945-1960 (Oxford University Press, 1992)
- "Lighthouse Café"/"Nightclubs and Other Venues". Grove Jazz online. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians
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