The Ellington | |
Address | 191/193 Beaufort Street Perth Australia |
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Coordinates | 31°56′47.99364″S115°51′51.47802″E / 31.9466649000°S 115.8642994500°E |
Opened | 2009 |
Website | |
https://www.ellingtonjazz.com.au |
The Ellington Jazz Club, known locally as The Ellington, is a music venue located in Perth, Western Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It has been described as one of the country's 'best loved and most highly regarded jazz clubs'. [5]
The venue plays host to local jazz musicians, including students of WAAPA. [6] [7] It has also been a venue for the Perth International Jazz Festival, and Perth's Fringe World festival. [8] [9]
The interior of the venue described as resembling New York City jazz clubs. [10] [11] It was designed by Graham Wood following his frustration at a lack of suitable performance venues in Perth, after he had been a professional musician for 20 years. [12] The venue was converted from a disused dye works building. [5]
The venue was founded by Graham Wood and Bernard Kong in 2009. [13] [14] [4] In October 2022 the venue was put up for sale. [4] In 2023 the venue was purchased by the couple Travis Simmons and Zoe Jay. [3]
In 2014 the Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts played a surprise performance at the venue, after the cancellation of the band's planned concert due to the death of Mick Jagger's partner. Then-student Harry Mitchell was invited for perform alongside him. [15] The impromptu performance made Perth headlines. [15] [16] [17]
The location of the club, 191-193 Beaufort Street, Perth, is the heritage listed former Chinese Laundry & Dye Works, build in 1896. [18]
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