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{{Short description|Former jazz club in New York City}}
{{About|a bygone jazz club in New York City|the jazz album|Half Note}}
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The '''Half Note''' was a [[jazz club]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] that flourished in two [[Manhattan]] locations – from 1957 to 1972 in [[SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]] (then known as the [[West Village|Village]]) at 289 [[Hudson Street (Manhattan)|Hudson Street]] at [[Spring Street (Manhattan)|Spring Street]] and from 1972 to 1974 in [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown]] at 149 West [[54th Street (Manhattan)|54th Street]], one block west of the [[Museum of Modern Art]].

== History ==
The club was owned by the Canterino family: Michael Canterino (1932–2013) his brother, Sonny Canterino (né Dominic Canterino), their sister, Rosemarie Canterino, and their parents, Frank Canterino (né Francesco Canterino; 1906–1979) and Jean Canterino (née Concetta Italiano; 1906–1989). Judi Marie Canterino (née Derwin), a jazz vocalist, became a family owner by marrying Michael Canterino in 1960.<ref name="Jersey-Jazz 2013 Sep" />

The Half Note was renowned for showcasing up and coming jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s, defraying costs with a Friday night live [[WPLJ#As WABC-FM|WABC]] radio show called ''Portraits in Jazz'', hosted by Alan Grant (né Abraham Grochowsky; 1919–2012).<ref name="WestView-News 2016 Jun 1" /> The Half Note was one of a handful of nationally acclaimed Manhattan nightclubs, including the [[Village Vanguard]], the [[Village Gate]], the [[Five Spot]], and [[Slug's Saloon]]<ref name="McMillan 2008" /> – that featured renowned jazz artists on a regular basis.

Forgoing standard set times, musicians were allowed to play onstage for as long as they wanted to. In 1972, Mike and Sonny Canterino moved the Half Note [[Midtown, Manhattan|Midtown]] to 149 West 54th Street, in what had formerly been a [[carriage house]]. Roger Brousso, a record distributor from Connecticut, invested $240,000 in the new venue.

Bookings included [[Budd Johnson]] and [[Buddy Tate]], [[bebop]]pers [[Al Cohn]] and [[Zoot Sims]], [[Avant-garde jazz|avant-gardists]] [[John Coltrane]], [[Charles Mingus]], [[Wes Montgomery]], [[Herbie Mann]] and [[Cannonball Adderley]]. Singers [[Anita O'Day]], [[Billie Holiday]], and, one evening [[Judy Garland]] also made an appearance. According to the book "Funny Valentine" by Matthew Ruddick, [[Chet Baker]] was a regular performer at The Half Note also. The Half Note closed January 1, 1975. Its second location, in [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown]], is now occupied by The London NYC hotel.

The movie ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'' by [[Pixar]] features a reference to this club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/eight-ways-pixars-soul-gets-nyc-right-010521|author=Shaye Weaver|date=January 5, 2021|title=Eight ways Pixar's 'Soul' gets NYC right|website=Timeout|access-date=August 7, 2021|language=en}}</ref>

==Live recordings==
* [[Donald Byrd]] – ''[[At the Half Note Cafe]]'' (Blue Note, 1960)
* [[Kenny Dorham Quintet]] - ''[[Live at the ''Half Note'' 1966]]'' (Magnetic Records))
* ''[[Bob Brookmeyer]], [[Clark Terry]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]], 1973); {{oclc|78273501}}
* [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up]]'' (Impulse!, 1965 [2005])
* [[Art Farmer]] Quartet featuring [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] – ''[[Live at the Half-Note]]'' (Atlantic, 1963)
* [[Clifford Jordan]] – ''[[Half Note (album)|Half Note]]'' (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985])
* [[Richard "Groove" Holmes]] – ''[[Onsaya Joy]]'' (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
* [[Lee Konitz]] – ''[[Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz album)|Live at the Half Note]]'' (Verve, 1959 [1994])
* [[Wes Montgomery]] with the [[Wynton Kelly]] Trio – ''[[Smokin' at the Half Note]]'' (Verve, 1965)
* [[Zoot Sims]], [[Al Cohn]] & [[Phil Woods]] – ''[[Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note]]'' (United Artists, 1959)
* [[Horace Silver]] – ''[[Live at the Half Note (Horace Silver album)|Live at the Half Note]]'' (Hi Hat, 1966)
* ''[[Lew Anderson|Lew Anderson Big Band]] Live'' (March 8, 1974)
Other live radio recordings have been released, including those by [[John Coltrane]] and [[Cannonball Adderley]].

* ''New York City '65'' (Vol. 1): [[John Coltrane]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Jimmy Garrison]], [[Elvin Jones]], ''Live at the Half Note'', March 19, 1965; (NOTE: Track titled "One Up, One Down" was from a performance at Birdland, NYC, February 23, 1963) {{oclc|812786959}}
* ''New York City '65'' (Vol. 2): [[John Coltrane]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Jimmy Garrison]], [[Elvin Jones]], ''Live at the Half Note'', April 2 and May 7, 1965; {{oclc|832270670}}

On June 6, 1964, the [[Lennie Tristano]] quintet – with [[Lee Konitz]], [[Warne Marsh]], [[Sonny Dallas]], and [[Nick Stabulas]] – was recorded and broadcast on television as "Jazz at the Half Note", an episode of the television series on [[CBS]], ''[[Look Up and Live]]'', narrated by [[William Hamilton (theologian)|William Hamilton]] of the [[Colgate Rochester Divinity School]].<ref name="Tristano 1964" />

==References==
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<ref name="McMillan 2008">McMillan, Jeffery S. ''Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan'' [[University of Michigan Press]] (2008; 2009; 2010; 2011);<div style="margin-left:2em">{{OCLC|239471087}}; {{ISBN|978-0-472-11502-0|0-472-11502-2|leadout=, and}} ([[Hardcover|cloth]]; [[acid-free paper|acid-free]]); {{ISBN|978-0-472-03281-5|0-472-03281-X|leadout=, and}} ([[paperback]]; [[acid-free paper|acid-free]])<div style="margin-left:2em">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ERf2iMC6qMEC&q=slugs Slugs' – pp. 154, 155, 158, 180, 176, 206–209]<br />[https://books.google.com/books?id=ERf2iMC6qMEC&dq=%22half+note%22&pg=PA143 Half Note – p. 143]</div></div></ref>

<ref name="Tristano 1964">''France Salutes the American Jazzmen'', Vol. 5 (telecast "Look Up and Live", live at the Half Note, New York, June 6, 1964), Richelieu Records<div style="margin-left:2em">Richelieu Records was one of some 53 [[Bootleg recording|bootleg labels]] operated by Boris Rose (1918–2000), an amateur engineer, expert radio recording hobbyist, and major record collector. He owned over 100,000 records. Rose recorded from AM radio many of [[Charlie Parker]] broadcasts during his primacy. Rose is widely chronicled for having preserved Parker's early broadcasts.<div style="margin-left:2em">Side A: [[Matrix number|Matrix]] runout: RICH AX 120 A<br />Side B: [[Matrix number|Matrix]] runout: RICH AX 120 B</div></div></ref>

<ref name="WestView-News 2016 Jun 1">[http://westviewnews.org/2016/06/some-lost-jazz-clubs-of-the-village/ "Some Lost Jazz Clubs of the Village"], by Clive I. Morrick, ''[[WestView News]]'', June 1, 2016</ref>

<ref name="Jersey-Jazz 2013 Sep">[http://www.njjs.org/files/2013/4108%20web%20archive%20files/4108_JerseyJazzFullIssue.pdf "Memories of Mike Canterino"], by Joe Lang, ''Jersey Jazz'' (Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society), Vol. 43, No. 8, September 2013, pp. 12 & 14</ref>
By Joe Lang Past NJJS President

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