Minton's Playhouse

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Famed jazz club reopens

NEW YORK (AP) -- A famed jazz club that hosted such greats as Thelonius Monk, Count Basie and Duke Ellington plans to reopen its doors, decades after the last note was heard.

Minton's Playhouse will reopen at the Cecil Hotel later this year, officials said Monday, with a formal announcement expected at a gala Wednesday night. The hotel is owned by Housing and Services Inc., which has transformed it into an 89-unit facility and social services provider for recently homeless people.

Minton's, which closed in the early 1970s, will reopen in the street-level space where it used to be.

Source: CNN

[Hardbopjazz]

This is great to read.

[RudyC]

when can i be 21??? i wanna go to mintons!!