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Catalina Bar & Grill, popularly referred to as Catalina Jazz Club, is a prominent jazz club and restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States, located to the east of Hollywood High School and to the west of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. It regularly hosts live music and according to Los Angeles Magazine hosts the "top names in mainstream and contemporary jazz [who] turn up regularly at this intimate supper club". [1] Jazz for Dummies cites it as one of the prime jazz venues in Los Angeles. [2]

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References

  1. Los Angeles Magazine. Emmis Communications. August 1997. p. 131. ISSN   1522-9149.
  2. Sutro, Dirk (20 April 2011). Jazz For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 240. ISBN   978-1-118-06852-6.

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