#walkingtour #musichistory #london
00:00:00 Charing Cross Road
00:00:23 Musicroom London
00:00:46 Roland Store London
00:01:00 Rose Morris
00:01:19 No. Tom Guitars
00:02:27 Wunjo Guitars
00:02:43 Regent Sounds
00:03:28 Sixty Sixty Sounds
00:03:55 Hank's Guitar Shop
00:04:55 Westside MI
00:05:12 Regent Sounds
00_06:26 Now Arcade - Outernet London
"The history of Denmark Street, London’s music epicentre
From Tin Pan Alley to a guitar-shopping destination par excellence, London’s Denmark Street is a key part of the city’s musical history. As the street prepares to enter a new phase, we look back on its iconic past.
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Through the years, Denmark Street has had at least three important musical lives. The first, lasting from the 19th century well into the late 20th, was as the home of the professional song business. The second, and the one we’re most interested in, began in the mid-60s as the street started to attract music-shop owners, and into the following decades it thrived as a key destination for guitarists and would-be players.
The third of Denmark Street’s lives is under way now and planned for the near future. Once the dust has settled, the street frontages will remain, but there will be a series of new venues and still, hopefully, plenty of guitar shops.
Pete Townshend complained to a London newspaper, saying: “In the 60s, I bought fuzzboxes and strings for my guitars from Macari’s guitar shop in Denmark Street. The Who did a backing-vocal rehearsal with Shel Talmy in Denmark Street at Regent Sound in 1964. I used to shop at the Drum Store when living in nearby Wardour Street, Soho. Boris Johnson [London mayor at the time of Pete’s letter] and Camden Council, please make Denmark Street a Heritage Zone. Otherwise a massive chunk of rock music history will be lost forever. Progress is important, but so are the local landmarks of our great city.”
The ‘Save Tin Pan Alley’ campaign said: “There is no equivalent anywhere in the world! Let’s celebrate this wonderful place and bring even more music back to Denmark Street in all of its vibrant diversity.”
The developer reckons the result of its efforts will be “a successful new quarter that will enrich and integrate with the surrounding well-established neighbourhood … and not only safeguard, but reinvigorate the area’s fantastic music and cultural scene”. Time will tell. Everything comes and goes.
Back in the day
Let’s take a walk down Denmark Street in the 1970s. The street had remained at the centre of the song business for some time, with many leading publishers in rooms and offices and cubbyholes up and down the street’s terraced buildings, the earliest of which date back to the 17th century. The inhabitants included old hands like Lawrence Wright (“You can’t go wrong with the Wright songs”) and Mills Music (where 17-year-old Elton John, still Reggie Dwight, once had a job making tea).
There were arrangers, copyists, musicians, too, and publications: Lawrence Wright started Melody Maker at number 19 in 1926 (soon relocating to Long Acre) and NME moved to number five in 1952 (also shifting to Long Acre, in ’64). Denmark Street became known as Tin Pan Alley, a reference to America’s original song-biz area in New York City, named for the racket made by so many pianists pounding out their potential hits.
There were a few music shops in Denmark Street before the rock boom of the 60s and 70s – Francis Day & Hunter at number 23, for example, was advertising Gibson guitars in the 1930s – but probably the first we’d recognise as a proper guitar shop was Musical Exchange, run by Joe and Larry Macari, who already had a couple of shops in the north-west reaches of outer London. They knew, though, that the centre of town was the place to be, and they opened at number 22 in the early months of 1965. Gary Hurst reckoned it was in the back of this shop that he made the original Tone Bender fuzz boxes, and it was the Musical Exchange shop that marked an early start to a shift in the street’s business.
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Changing times
We’re back in Denmark Street today. And as anywhere, it’s hard work on many levels to keep a music shop going. Among the hoardings and hard hats, you can still see Wunjo (guitars) on the corner of Charing Cross Road; Music Room (sheet-music) at number 19; Westside MI (guitars) at 23; Hank’s (guitars) at 27; and Sixty Sixty Sounds (guitars) at 28. Over the road, there’s another Music Room and Stairway To Kevin (repairs) at number 11; Rose-Morris (guitars and drums at eight, pianos at 10); NO.TOM (guitars) at six; Wunjo again at five; and Regent Sounds (guitars) and Noden (repairs) at four. They battle daily with the redevelopment chaos, and at the time of writing there was also the uncertainty and restrictions of coronavirus to deal with." - https://guitar.com/features/gallery/the-history-of-denmark-street-londons-music-epicentre/
Jazz Café Alto, Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Fours: Latin & Funk - Live Jazz every day since 1953!
#jazz #amsterdam #netherlands
00:00:00 Walking in
00:00:18 The Bar
00:01:15 The Fours: jazz, latin, funk
00:06:42 Walking Out
"Welcome to the official website of Jazz Café Alto!
If you are looking for some serious live jazz performances; Jazz Café Alto is the place to be. Jazz Café Alto is located in the city center, a thirty second crawl from the Leidseplein.
Our concept is unique; we bring you live jazz and blues performances seven days a week which go on till the early hours of the morning. Entertainment guaranteed.
We host young upcoming talented musicians as well as very experienced musicians and everything in between.
We hope to see you soon so we can give you the experience of a lifetime with our live music performances.
Doors open every day at 9pm." - http://www.jazz-cafe-alto.nl/home/
"Café Alto is a small brown-café style place hidden away in the touristy restaurant area just off Leidseplein. Each night, a mix of regulars and tourists come here to ease back with a whiskey or well-mixed cocktail, and listen to the rhythms provided by top jazz musicians.
Cafe Alto Amsterdam Jazz ClubSince many years back, this intimate, dark and dusty little venue has attracted jazz enthusiasts from all over the world to Amsterdam. Many of the big names in jazz have entered the small stage over the years, and you can be sure to be regaled talented local groups and settings any day of the week.
Jazz and free-jazz dominates the musical agenda although blues bands have gigs from time to time. Much appreciated Dutch saxophonist Hans Dulfer performs here every Wednesday, sometimes accompanied by his equally talented daughter, Candy Dulfer.
Café Alto remains the only walk-in bar to offer live jazz every night of the week in Amsterdam and is definitely an unavoidable jazz venue. Be sure to get there early, and you might have a chance to score a table close to the stage.
Doors open at 9 pm all nights of the week. Music starts at 10 pm and plays the whole night through, to 3 am on weekdays and 4 am on weekends. When finding your way there, look for a large saxophone high upon the façade. Don’t miss out on this little piece of heaven!" - https://www.amsterdam.info/music/cafe-alto/
"Hidden amongst the tourist restaurants and bars, Café- Alto can be spotted by the huge saxophone which hangs above its entrance (on a road just off just off Leidseplein).
Duck into this cool and cosy bar. The friendly bar staff will make you feel more than welcome and you slip back to 1920s. Look up to the ceiling and all around, as you begin to see this intimate jazz bar hung with photos of iconic musicians. Even if you claim that Jazz isn’t your cup of tea, this bar will heavily change your perspective on it, once you enter you’ll never want to leave!
Whilst Jazz dominates the musical agenda although blues bands play from time to time. If you’re fitting a visit into a busy schedule, try and make a Wednesday. This is because the locals favourite jazz quintet plays beats which will make you want to move your feet!" - https://www.divento.com/en/home/10667-cafe-alto-amsterdam-all-year.html
Sunday Night Blues - Restaurant Brückenstern, Hamburg - Muddy Fox & Friends Blues Night with Rainer
#bluesky #livemusic #hamburg Sunday Night Blues - Restaurant Brueckenstern, Hamburg Muddy Fox & Friends - Blues Night with Rainer 00:00:00 Getting There 00:01:12 The Restaurant - Outside 00:01:48 The Restaurant - Inside 00:02:48 Pork steak with mushrooms and fried potatoes and homemade pesto - €14.90 00:03:09 Muddy Fox & Friends - Blue Night with Rainer 00:05:34 Honky Tonk Saxophone Player - Rainer 00:07:24 Walking by Myself - Gary Moore 00:08:14 I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters 00:09:57 Break 00:10:47 toilet 00:11:35 Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles 00:12:59 I'm Going Down - Freddy King 00:16:21 Break 00:16:59 Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson 00:17:57 Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers 00:19:58 I Got my Mojo Working - Muddy Waters 00:20:51 The way out "Brückenstern Restaurant Whether to get in the mood for a nice evening or as a cozy end to the same - a visit to us is always worthwhile. Our restaurant with European cuisine offers space for 45 guests - in summer you can relax and be pampered in our garden. We regularly host jam sessions, singersong writers and high-quality jazz and other live concerts." - https://www.hamburg-tourism.de/en/see-erleben/events/events-locations/restaurant-brueckenstern/ "Akwaaba, ete sen. that's what they say when they greet someone in Ghana. It means something like: Welcome, how are you? Here in Hamburg, Kwesi Asiama welcomes its guests in the Brueckenstern music bar, which has become well known and popular for its special mix of live music and gastronomy. Kwesi Asiama is an interesting person and has come a long way - from Abetifi in Ghana to the Schanzenviertel in Hamburg. Having arrived in Germany, Kwesi looked for work in the catering trade. From 2007 he trained as an engineer for wind energy. But he had taken a liking to gastronomy and bought a restaurant with a business partner. At first it was called Pepper, but it was important to Kwesi to find a name that would express his ideas and hopes. He wanted to build bridges - between Ghana, Germany and the many people of different origins in the Schanzenviertel. And since people in Africa believe that the stars in the sky influence life, bridges and stars belong together for him. This is how the name Brückenstern came about. A lot comes together in the bridge star. Music plays a very important role, especially jazz, choro, singer song writer and jam sessions. But good food and drink is also important – there should be a mixture of international and African cuisine. Clubs and initiatives also meet in the bridge star, confirmations and weddings are celebrated. The most important thing for Kwesi is that people from different backgrounds meet here, exchange ideas, enjoy music together and feel really good about it. And he certainly did it well. Have fun in the bridge star! Be sure to take a look at our concert events. At regular intervals, artists will surprise you with musical performances as soloists or in groups. Jazz, Choro, Jam Session, Singer Song Writer and Schlager are offered. People of all nations perform with us and offer you great entertainment. These evenings have a special flair that you should not miss. " - https://brueckenstern.info/ Muddy Fox & Friends - Blues Night with Rainer
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