Iridium Jazz Club
The Iridium Jazz Club has been founded in 1994 Jazz Club in New York City.
The Iridium Jazz Club is located in 1650 Broadway, corner of 51st Street. The club was originally founded in January 1994 at the corner of 63rd Street and 8th Avenue. This first local, Iridium Jazz Club Room was located in the basement under the Merlot restaurant across from Lincoln Center; in the opinion of Ronald Storm, the manager of the club, he was younger mainstream musicians such as Marcus Printup, Cyrus Chestnut or Carl Allen performance opportunities give After three conversions, the club eventually moved in August 2001 to its current location on Broadway/51st Street. In the Club originated live recordings by musicians such as Kenny Garrett, Jacky Terrasson, Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron, Benny Carter, Jazz Messengers, Sweets Edison, Clark Terry and Anthony Braxton.
From 1995 until his death in 2009 at the age of 94 years, the guitar legend Les Paul appeared weekly in the club.