Klooks Kleek

Klooks Kleek was in the 1960s, a function room at The Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, North West London, which still exists today. The club was named after an album by Kenny Clarke from 1956 ( Klooks clique, Savoy Records 12006 ).

History

Originally, the founders Dick Jordan opened here a jazz club; where from January 1961 every Wednesday Modern jazz was played. The large number of new groups that played at this time, rhythm and blues and blues, prompted him to organize a rhythm and blues every Tuesday night. At the club, there were no special facilities for performances by bands, so lacked even a stage. It was a bit as if they occur in his own living room. The club was part of the "Blues Circuit", a group of London's pubs, the British blues bands performing opportunities gave ( The Flamingo, 100 Club, The Crawdaddy and others). These bands were Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Herbie Goins and the Nightimers, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, where the recordings on December 7, 1964 their debut album John Mayall Plays John Mayall, and The Graham Bond Organization. On November 15, 1966, the Cream her first live album would come here to here.

In April 1965, the first London concert of T -Bone Walker found in Klooks Kleek statt.Der Club was closed in December 1970, but later re-opened under the name Moonlight Club, then served, however, a new music scene. He was, among other things, the " southernmost outpost of Northern Soul ". Today, no live music, but DJs provide the music program.

Recordings from the club

• John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965 )
• Cream - Klooks Kleek '66 (1966 )