Nick's
Nick's (Nick's Tavern) is a tavern and jazz club located at the northwest corner of 10th Street and 7th Avenue in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, New York City,[1] which was at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s.
Many jazz artists performed at the club including Bill Saxton (a Friday night regular),[2]Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier, Miff Mole, Joe Grauso etc.[3] Artists like Miles Davis and John Coltrane used to visit the pub to relax after their gigs.[4] During the early 1950s the club was noted for its regular Phil Napoleon and The Original Memphis Five Dixieland performances.[5]
See also
References
- "Riverwalk Jazz - Stanford University Libraries". rwj-a.stanford.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- Silverman, Brian (4 September 2007). Frommer's New York City 2008. John Wiley & Sons. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-470-14439-8.
- Brinkofski, Elizabeth Dodd (1 July 2013). New York City Jazz. Arcadia Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7385-9914-4.
- Carroll, Myka (18 October 2012). New York City For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-118-49540-7.
- "Phil Napoleon". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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