Jazz central.Jonathan De Veaux wants to take Inglewood back to the golden age of jazz. His new club, the Savoy Entertainment Center, is named after Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom For the Chicago club, see . The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, New York City, was a medium sized ballroom for music and public dancing that was in operation from 1926 to 1958. It was located between 140th and 141st Streets on Lenox Avenue. , where legends such as Ella Fitzgerald Noun 1. Ella Fitzgerald - United States scat singer (1917-1996) Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see "Jazz royalty" regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, a seminal influence on jazz and pop singers, and generally regarded as one of the ruled the stage. "We are trying to recapture the class and cache of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North ," said De Veaux "We dress up, listen to jazz, have a little food." The 12,000-square-foot club opened this month near the Forum and Inglewood City Hall. De Veaux is aiming to attract the 30-and-over crowd. De Veaux has experience running clubs. He owned the Carson club Bistro 880 until it shut down a year ago. After that, he turned to insurance, opening up a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. agency in Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. . But he couldn't shake the entertainment bug. For the new club, De Veaux envisioned a venue for professionals who were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a classy night out. He said these clubgoers, perhaps tired of the Sunset Strip scene, aren't given enough choices. "People are looking for an alternative," said De Veaux. "You can go downtown, you can do the West Hollywood thing, or if you live in the area, you can come here." The Savoy Entertainment Center will feature regular jazz performances. De Veaux is still working out the schedule, but expects the venue to be open Wednesday through Sunday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Staff reporter Rachel Brown can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 224, or at rbrown@labusinessjournal.com. |
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