Bronzeville Club Remembered with Marker in Little Tokyo

The Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 22 passed a motion to recognize the Finale Club, a famed Bronzeville night spot, with a sign in Little Tokyo.

The sign, which was put up the same day, reads: “The Finale Club, 230½ East First Street, Little Tokyo/Bronzeville. Where jazz greats Charlie Parker and Miles Davis performed together in 1946.”

The Little Tokyo Historical Society said in a statement, “L.A. City Hall moved quickly to commemorate the site at which two of the greatest jazz musicians ever — Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker and Miles Davis — performed together at the Finale Club in March of 1946!

published on October 31, 2019