SWING STREET
Feb 27, 2020
3 minutes
Yacht Club
Famous for hosting Fats Waller and his Rhythm, this venue was also named in his signature tune Yacht Club Swing. He also made several important broadcasts from this venue, the first in 1938. The second club in this area to use the name, its predecessor had been less jazz-orientated and is remembered primarily as the main venue for Francis Faye.
Club Samoa
Samoa would later become a well-known strip club (as did many of the other venues on this street). However jazz would still be played alongside
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