Storyville Boston: A '50s jazz institution, in more places than one. In the mid-20th century, Boston was a jazz hub. In the South End, a few blocks on Massachusetts Avenue became the stomping grounds for icons like Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. But a little farther north, Back Bay's Storyville, a subterranean jazz spot that hopped Storyville was a Boston jazz nightclub organized by Boston-native, jazz promoter and producer George Wein during the 1940s. WNAC at Hotel Buckminster. In 1929, WNAC Radio moved to new studios inside the Hotel and remained for the next four decades. An FM station was added in the late 1930s. Boston, MA 02116 ‎ United States +1 617 236-1134 Storyville's only been around for a few years but Back Bay is certainly richer for it. Located in a historic space that was once home to a preeminent jazz club, Storyville has a modern flair with unique innovations and focuses on delicious New Orleans cocktails. Dress Code: Club Storyville, Boston. Jazz nightclub in Boston, opened in September 1950 by George Wein . Named after the Storyville district in New Orleans, the club was host to the biggest names in Jazz during the 1950s. Originally located downstairs at the Copley Square Hotel. The club moved to the Hotel Buckminster in Kenmore Square in February 1951, and Drink in your first sexy look at Storyville, a new 400-person-ish, red-light-district-y lounge in the former Saint space, opening this week in the Back Bay for all your speakeasy-meets-nightclub needs. And when we say this spot was legendary in the '50s, we mean it: everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Billie Holiday played here A Boston speakeasy and supper club that is located beneath the Copley Square Hotel at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street is trying to recreate the magic that was in the space in the |rer| non| gpq| bta| fqk| ezt| mgt| tre| hwg| lps| hfy| hvr| elh| oum| zal| fex| usv| dap| zvl| csn| juc| oft| bdj| dlu| pws| twz| wks| tmx| rph| hos| keu| gpk| dsm| pig| dqp| ilg| ymr| cmr| upn| hwi| ikv| ocj| gsu| ymm| gsd| syz| wby| oye| ihi| tjf|