Joe Bushkin: At the Embers, '52

Back in 1952, 161 E. 54th St. was home to the Embers, a Midtown Manhattan restaurant and nightclub that routinely featured jazz. Artists tended to play swing standards during their runs there so older patrons would feel at home. Among the great artists who were recorded at the Embers were Art Tatum, Buck Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Dorothy Donegan and many o…