Baker's Keyboard Lounge

[Mark Stryker]

http://www.freep.com/article/20090318/ENT0...sings+the+blues

[sheldonm]

http://www.freep.com/article/20090318/ENT0...sings+the+blues

...that would be a drag. I spend 3 or 4 days there photographing the 70th anniversary of the club...had a great time.

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[Hot Ptah]

That would be awful if it had to close. It is a great place to hear music. I have fond memories of going there to see Dexter Gordon, Joe Williams, Betty Carter, Mongo Santamaria, and Pat Metheny/Dewey Redman/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian.

It is a nice place with all seats close to the stage.

[GregK]

Don't forget, Organissimo has played there too. I wish I could have gone.

[Chuck Nessa]

Don't forget, Organissimo has played there too. I wish I could have gone.

We heard them there once.

[Lazaro Vega]

Caught Mose Allison at that icon of a Detroit jazz club.

[ejp626]

My mom used to live in Ferndale, probably walking distance to Baker's maybe 15 years ago. I was a little into jazz at the time, enough to go to the Detroit Jazz Fest, but not enough to seek out Baker's. Too bad. If she was still living there, I would definitely make it in at least once.

[connoisseur series500]

Don't forget, Organissimo has played there too. I wish I could have gone.

We heard them there once.

Saw Organissimo twice over there, which represented the only two times I had been there. Nice place. Sorry to hear the news, and I hope they can somehow survive. It's a bit of a haul from my place.