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DESCRIPTION:In March 1946\, an important moment in jazz history took place 
 when Miles Davis and Charlie Parker\, two all-time jazz greats\, performed
  together at the Finale Club in Bronzeville/Little Tokyo. During WWII\, fo
 rced evacuation of Japanese Americans into concentration camps left Little
  Tokyo largely empty. African Americans coming West for defense jobs moved
  into Little Tokyo&mdash\;one of the only neighborhoods without restrictin
 g housing covenants. Bronzeville was born.\n\nDozens of all night &ldquo\;
 Breakfast Clubs&rdquo\; sprang up in Bronzeville\, patronized by jazz musi
 cians and aficionados eager to continue listening to and making music afte
 r hours. One of these was the Finale Club which opened in the fall of 1944
  at 230 &frac12\; E. First Street\, Los Angeles. This year\, the Little To
 kyo Historical Society (LTHS) unveiled the historic LA City plaque for the
  Finale Club on First Street to memorialize the extraordinary and rare per
 formance of jazz greats Charlie Parker and Miles Davis at the Finale Club 
 and to honor the continued relationship between the Black and Japanese Ame
 rican communities.\n\nLTHS invites you to experience the rich artistic and
  musical history of Little Tokyo during the Bronzeville Era in a celebrati
 on of live music\, Bronzeville scholars\, photos\, and videos. Performers 
 and speakers will include the <strong>Ron Kobayashi band</strong> and hist
 orians <strong>Hillary Jenks</strong> and <strong>Kirk Silsbee</strong>\, 
 along with brief remarks by Miles Davis&rsquo\; son\, <strong>Erin Davis</
 strong>.\n\n<em>This program is presented in partnership with <a href="htt
 ps://www.littletokyohs.org/" target="_blank">Little Tokyo Historical Socie
 ty</a>.&nbsp\;</em>\n<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeGzkJUhP88"
  target="_blank"></a>\n<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeGzkJUhP8
 8" target="_blank">WATCH IT HERE</a>
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Bronzeville's Finale Club
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