New York and music, a legend for music lovers

2021-12-21T06:12:36.149Z

BACK TO THE BIG APPLE (4/7) - From Harlem to the Bronx to Manhattan or Brooklyn, the city has seen the growth of some of the most important musical styles of the 20th century. Open your ears and discover the new addresses of Le Figaro.

He was historically born in New Orleans, but it was in New York that he exploded: jazz. First in Harlem, the black city. Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, nicknamed Lady Day, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, the big bands, from the Cotton Club to the legendary Minton's Playhouse. From the 1940s onwards, it was the descent to the upscale white neighborhoods, below Central Park, near Broadway: 52nd Street, undoubtedly the most legendary in the world when it comes to music, and in its surroundings. Every 20 meters was a club: Birdland, Blue Note, Downbeat, Onyx, 3 Deuces. Further down was Village Vanguard. There, almost every night, young jazz fans - because at the time it was music for young people - could listen to Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis,Thelonious Monk (who composed a track called 52nd Street Theme), Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane and all the heroes of what used to be called the bebop.

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