The Lighthouse Café is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California. It has been active as a jazz showcase since 1949 and, under the name "The Lighthouse", was one of the best known West Coast jazz clubs from the 1950s through the late 1970s. In addition to jazz, reggae to rock - among other genres of music - are now performed at the venue, including bookings of local artists such as Jett Prescott and George Stanford.
Lighthouse Café
The Lighthouse Café's rear side (which was featured in the film La La Land)
A restaurant called "Verpilate's" was built a short walk from the ocean at 30 Pier Avenue in 1934, and it was converted into "The Lighthouse", a bar, in 1940 ("Café" was added to the official name only when the business was sold in 1981). The club first began showcasing jazz music on May 29, 1949, when owner John Levine permitted bassist/band leader Howard Rumsey to start a recurring Sunday jam session on a trial basis. The experiment was a success. Rumsey became club manager soon after and put together a house band called the Lighthouse All-Stars.
"The Lighthouse" sponsored an inter-collegiate jazz festival in the late-1950s, and the competition's winners included Mike Melvoin and Les McCann.
John Levine died in 1970, and his family sold the club to Rudy Onderwyzer, manager and part-owner of Shelly Manne's club, "Shelly's Manne-Hole". Rumsey left "The Lighthouse" in 1971 to open the "Concerts By The Sea" jazz club in nearby Redondo Beach, and Onderwyzer sold the club again in 1981. The new owners remodeled it and mostly discontinued the jazz-music policy. From the mid-1990s, jazz slowly began to come back to the club, first on Sunday afternoons, then on a two-days-a-week schedule, with local artists such as Ray Pizzi, Michele Faber,[2] and Edmond Allmond.[3]
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The Lighthouse Cafe is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach California It has been active as a jazz showcase since 1949 and under the name The Lighthouse was one of the best known West Coast jazz clubs from the 1950s through the late 1970s In addition to jazz reggae to rock among other genres of music are now performed at the venue including bookings of local artists such as Jett Prescott and George Stanford Lighthouse CafeThe Lighthouse Cafe s rear side which was featured in the film La La Land AddressUnited States Contents 1 History 2 Recordings made at the Lighthouse 3 Filming location 4 Filmography 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editA restaurant called Verpilate s was built a short walk from the ocean at 30 Pier Avenue in 1934 and it was converted into The Lighthouse a bar in 1940 Cafe was added to the official name only when the business was sold in 1981 The club first began showcasing jazz music on May 29 1949 when owner John Levine permitted bassist band leader Howard Rumsey to start a recurring Sunday jam session on a trial basis The experiment was a success Rumsey became club manager soon after and put together a house band called the Lighthouse All Stars While the club also hosted visiting groups the Lighthouse All Stars became an ensemble in its own right which had among its guest musicians Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan and Miles Davis The longest running members of the Lighthouse All Stars were Bob Cooper tenor saxophone Conte Candoli trumpet and Stan Levey drums West Coast jazz stalwarts Shorty Rogers Richie Kamuca Bill Holman Bud Shank Shelly Manne and Jimmy Giuffre were also regulars in the early days Max Roach was the regular drummer for a while in 1953 1 The club also became an important venue for recordings Art Pepper Lee Morgan Cannonball Adderley Mose Allison Ramsey Lewis Art Blakey Charles Earland Grant Green Elvin Jones Cal Tjader the Modern Jazz Quartet The Three Sounds the Jazz Crusaders and Joe Henderson all made recordings there The Lighthouse sponsored an inter collegiate jazz festival in the late 1950s and the competition s winners included Mike Melvoin and Les McCann John Levine died in 1970 and his family sold the club to Rudy Onderwyzer manager and part owner of Shelly Manne s club Shelly s Manne Hole Rumsey left The Lighthouse in 1971 to open the Concerts By The Sea jazz club in nearby Redondo Beach and Onderwyzer sold the club again in 1981 The new owners remodeled it and mostly discontinued the jazz music policy From the mid 1990s jazz slowly began to come back to the club first on Sunday afternoons then on a two days a week schedule with local artists such as Ray Pizzi Michele Faber 2 and Edmond Allmond 3 Recordings made at the Lighthouse edit1951 Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers Popo Xanadu 1978 1952 Art Pepper Early Days Vol 1 Norma Vantage 1991 1953 Stan Getz The Lighthouse Sessions Vol 1 Norma Vantage 1991 1953 Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse Vol 1 Contemporary 1953 Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse Vol 2 Contemporary 1953 Chet Baker and the Lighthouse All Stars Witch Doctor Contemporary 1985 1953 Miles Davis and the Lighthouse All Stars At Last Contemporary 1985 recorded same day as Witch Doctor album 1958 60 Joe Gordon and Scott LaFaro West Coast Days Live at the Lighthouse Fresh Sound 1992 with Richie Kamuca 1960 Cannonball Adderley The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse Riverside 1962 The Jazz Crusaders The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse Pacific Jazz 1962 Curtis Amy Tippin on Through Recorded Live at the Lighthouse Pacific Jazz with Roy Ayers 1964 Cannonball Adderley Ernie Andrews Live Session Cannonball Adderley with the New Exciting Voice of Ernie Andrews Capitol 1965 Ramsey Lewis Trio Hang On Ramsey Recorded Live at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach California Cadet 1966 Art Blakey and the New Jazz Messengers Buttercorn Lady Limelight with Chuck Mangione Keith Jarrett 1966 The Jazz Crusaders Live at the Lighthouse 66 Pacific Jazz 1966 Mose Allison Mose Alive Atlantic 1967 Modern Jazz Quartet Live at the Lighthouse Atlantic 1967 The Three Sounds Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note 1967 The Jazz Crusaders Lighthouse 68 Pacific Jazz reissued as Live Sides Blue Note 1980 1969 Cal Tjader Cal Tjader Plugs In At The Lighthouse Hermosa Beach California February 20 21 1969 Skye Buddah 1969 Richard Groove Holmes X 77 Richard Groove Holmes Recorded Live at the Lighthouse World Pacific 1969 The Jazz Crusaders Lighthouse 69 Pacific Jazz 1970 Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note 1970 Joe Henderson Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse AKA If You re Not Part of the Solution You re Part of the Problem Milestone with Woody Shaw 1972 Charles Earland Live at the Lighthouse Prestige 1972 Grant Green Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note 1972 Elvin Jones Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note 1972 Ramsey Lewis The Groover Cadet 1974 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory Cadet 1979 Horace Tapscott Sextet Lighthouse 79 Vol 1 Nimbus West 1979 Horace Tapscott Sextet Lighthouse 79 Vol 2 Nimbus West 1981 Joe Farrell Quartet Last of the Lighthouse Unreleased 1989 Howard Rumsey s Lighthouse All Stars Jazz Invention 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert Contemporary 2003 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Jack Nimitz Quintet Woofy Productions 2004 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Arno Marsh Quintet Woofy Productions 2004 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Bob Enevoldsen Quintet Woofy Productions 2004 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Med Flory Quintet Woofy Productions 2004 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Lennie Niehaus Octet Woofy Productions 2005 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Dave Pell Octet Woofy Productions 2005 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe The Jack Sheldon Quintet Woofy Productions 2007 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe Andy Martin Scott Whitfield Quintet A Tribute To Carl Fontana Set 1 Woofy Productions 2007 Sunday Afternoons at The Lighthouse Cafe Andy Martin Scott Whitfield Quintet A Tribute To Carl Fontana Set 2 Woofy Productions Filming location editFilm Sideout 1990 La La Land 2016 Filmography edit2005 Jazz on the West Coast The Lighthouse RoseKing Productions Kenneth Koenig DVD See also editList of jazz clubsReferences edit Gioia p 308 Home michelefaber com The Beach Reporter Gioia Ted West Coast Jazz Modern Jazz in California 1945 1960 Oxford University Press 1992 Lighthouse Cafe Nightclubs and Other Venues Grove Jazz online External links editOfficial website 33 51 00 N 118 25 12 W 33 850 N 118 420 W 33 850 118 420 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lighthouse Cafe amp oldid 1181604228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
