Crown Propeller Lounge

CTL-E-0947 · Venue · lounge · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Premier 63rd Street jazz/R&B lounge; Miles Davis, Illinois Jacquet, Ivory Joe Hunter; Hammond organ feature (Chicago Daily Defender, Oct 1956)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-032; source research type(s): Jazz / R&B lounge. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=297184&p=1983832
https://www.beachwoodreporter.com/music/post_13/

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