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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Jazz club, 1962
Small's Paradise West, 3617 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles CA
Heather David on flickr 1962
The club was located just outside the northwest corner of Leimert Park.
Has anyone heard of this place before? It was, supposedly, an offshoot of a famous nightclub in Harlem [NYC].
Today, the building houses a billiard parlor.
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Small's Paradise West appears to have come and gone inside little more than a year.
The building was a vacant nightclub by March of 1964.
ladbsdoc.lacity.org
And becomes what it is these days, a billiards parlor, in October of 1964.
ladbsdoc.lacity.org
Buddy Rich did a week's residency at Paradise West in October of 1963.
jazztourdatabase.com
The sign in the original picture is announcing Sally Blair. With the more usual spelling Sallie, she had a fleeting flirtation with stardom in the late 1950's/early 60's.
discogs.com
bwagg.blogspot.com - Sallie Blair : Barefoot Bombshell