Back in 1982, pianist Barry Harris opened a jazz club in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, carrying on a long tradition. Musicians from Shelly Manne and Buddy Rich to Count Basie and others took stabs at running music establishments. The difference was the kind of club that Harris managed.
Harris's club was known as the Jazz Cultural Theatre, and he partn…
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