Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club by Kathy Sloane,Sascha Feinstein,Al Young

By Kathy Sloane,Sascha Feinstein,Al Young

During the Seventies, while jazz golf equipment everywhere the United States have been folding lower than the onslaught of rock and roll and disco, San Francisco’s Keystone Korner was once an oasis for jazz musicians and buyers. Tucked subsequent to a police station within the city’s North seashore region, the Keystone turned referred to as the most vital jazz spots within the usa. It was once so cherished by way of musicians that superstars McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones performed a profit live performance in order that the membership may possibly purchase a liquor license. during this ebook, greater than a hundred black and white images and a university of oral histories from the membership chronicle the Keystone experience.

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