496 West to Play World’s Oldest Jazz Club

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Lansing band, 496 West is set to perform on Friday, May 31 at 8 pm at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit.

Baker’s advertises itself as “The World’s Oldest Jazz Club,” and most seats are no more than 20 feet from the stage.  In nearly eight decades of operation,  some of the most notable names in blues and jazz have played the club including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, Modern Jazz Quartet, Nat “King” Cole,  Barbra Streisand, Donald Byrd, George BensonChick Corea  and Earl Klugh.

The music is complemented by home cooking and many rave about the fabulous catfish, mac and cheese and collard greens.

Join 496 West on May 31st and continue the history at the corner of Eight Mile and Livernois in Detroit

 

MORE INFO:  https://496west.com/ai1ec_event/tba-3/?instance_id=1247

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