The award-winning photographerโs pictorial history of the famous San Francisco Jazz club featuring oral histories and more than 100 imagesโโA treasureโ (SF Weekly).ย In the words of Wynton Marsalis, โKeystone Korner was the quintessential jazz clubย .ย .ย . a happy home to people of all persuasions.โ During the 1970s, when jazz clubs across America were folding under the onslaught of rock and roll and disco, San Franciscoโs Keystone Korner was an oasis for jazz listeners and musicians. Tucked away in the cityโs North Beach area, the Keystone became one of the most important jazz spots in the United States. It was so beloved by musicians that superstars McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones played a benefit concert to raise money for its liquor license.
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In this book, award-winning photographer Kathy Sloane shares more than 100 black and white photographs documenting the musicians and regulars, the spontaneous moments and ephemeral scene of this legendary club. Together with these images, she has compiled a fascinating collage of first-hand oral histories that chronicle the Keystone experience. โFrom the antics of the photo-laden backroom to the underground hype of Ora Harrisโ Keystone Kitchen, Sloane and fellow editor Sascha Feinstein leave no stone unturned. They examine the backstories of some of Keystoneโs most lovable charactersย .ย .ย . a delightful sensory overloadโ (Downbeat).