Minton's Playhouse

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Minton's Playhouse is a historic Harlem jazz club renowned as a birthplace of bebop and a key venue for pioneering musicians like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.

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Minton's Playhouse canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
jazz club
activity after-hours jam sessions
associatedWith Bud Powell
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Kenny Clarke
Mary Lou Williams
Thelonious Monk
audience jazz enthusiasts
jazz musicians
borough Manhattan
building Hotel Cecil
city New York City
closed 1974
country United States
culturalSignificance important site in African American musical history
key venue in the development of bebop
era 1940s
World War II era
foundedBy Henry Minton
genre bebop
jazz
houseBandMember Joe Guy
Kenny Clarke
Nick Fenton
Thelonious Monk
influencedGenre bebop
modern jazz
locatedIn Harlem
Manhattan
New York City
namedAfter Henry Minton
neighborhood Sugar Hill
notableFor being a birthplace of bebop
jam sessions
modern jazz innovation
opened 1938
performanceType jam sessions
live music
recognizedBy National Register of Historic Places (as part of the Hotel Cecil building)
reopened 2006
2013
state New York
status historic jazz landmark
streetAddress 206 West 118th Street

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Thelonious Monk notableVenueAssociation Minton's Playhouse
Kenny Clarke associatedWith Minton's Playhouse
Bebop notableVenue Minton's Playhouse
subject linked to: bebop
Oscar Pettiford performedAt Minton's Playhouse
Teddy Hill associatedWith Minton's Playhouse
Teddy Hill workLocation Minton's Playhouse