Brecon Jazz Festival - (Kind Of) Blue Plaque

(Kind Of) Blue Plaque

In 2009, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, the festival invited jazz fans to submit nomination for an award, in the form of a Blue plaque to be awarded annually, the first to be bestowed in 2010, honoring the venues which had made the most significant contribution to jazz in the United Kingdom. Twelve nominees were selected:

• The Four Bars Inn (now Dempseys), Castle Street, Cardiff, 1987–present.
• Band on the Wall, Swann Street, Manchester, 1970s-present
• The Perch, Binsey Lane, Binsey 1928-1948.
• Buckingham Palace, London, 1919-1932.
• The Old Duke, King Street, Bristol, late 1960s-present.
• The Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Hampshire, 1957–present.
• The Feldman Swing Club, Oxford Street, London, 1942-1954.
• Ronnie Scott's, Frith Street, London, 1959–present.
• The Bull's Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, south-west London, 1959–present.
• Hippodrome, Cranbourn Street, London, 1900-1983.
• Hammersmith Palais, London, 1919-2007.
• Club Eleven, Windmill Street, then Carnaby Street, London, 1948-1950.

The Concorde Club received the most votes in the initial voting, followed by The Band on the Wall and Ronnie Scott's, and will receive the initial (Kind of) Blue Plaque.