Former Location –
Formerly a jazz club, with notable artists like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and The Jazz Crusaders playing and recording here, it became the festival office for the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival.
Additional artist that played here include:
Sonny Rollins
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Les McCann
Charles Mingus
Lenny Bruce
Stan Getz
Ben Webster
Barbara Dane
Club Renaissance
8424 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood CA 90069
I loved this place. I saw Paul Horn, Jimmy Witherspoon, Ben Webster, Richie Kamuca, Joe Gordon, and so many others. I my buddy and I went practically every week for at least one show. We would sit in ‘Spoon’s car with him and pass around a bottle. Great memories.
My mom, Maggie Ryan Denver, work there the summer of 1958. She also worked at The Unicorn.
I remember your mother . My mother Miki and your mother were very good friends.
My mother, Ingrid, worked there also and we lived next door.
Anybody know where this photo comes from?
Or where is the original?
Would be great to be able to make out all the words on the sign….
my uncle, Ben Shapiro, started this place
Is he still alive? Turns out my biological mother worked for him. I guess she was live in at his house
What’s your name Shirley?