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Stephanie Stone, 86, Jazz scenester, 60 years running
How were you introduced to jazz?
I began working as a camera girl in the early ’40s, taking pictures of patrons at clubs like the Rio Bamba, Cinderella and Kelly’s Stables. Eventually I started singing and playing piano a couple of nights a week.
As a regular on the scene, you must have witnessed your share of legends.
I caught many of the greats. Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie—Ornette Coleman was a very good friend of my husband. Let’s just say I knew a lot of people to say hello to. My husband and I used to go out seven nights a week.
Do you still go out as much?
I went out three nights last week! One of my favorite things in life is John Zorn and the Masada String Trio, so I caught two of their shows at the Henry Street Settlement theater. I’ve been watching John play at Tonic since it opened.
What does the closing of Tonic say about downtown New York?
Everything is being gentrified. It’s sickening! The whole flavor is going down the drain: New York is becoming Podunk.
Why?
Looking at the types of people moving in, and moving out, New York is losing its diversity, all because of the mighty dollar. It’s pretty sad.
Are you a hipster?
Please. I was around when they coined the term in the late ’40s. There were other terms, too. The Dixieland people were called moldy figs…but that one hasn’t seemed to stick around.
I began working as a camera girl in the early ’40s, taking pictures of patrons at clubs like the Rio Bamba, Cinderella and Kelly’s Stables. Eventually I started singing and playing piano a couple of nights a week.
As a regular on the scene, you must have witnessed your share of legends.
I caught many of the greats. Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie—Ornette Coleman was a very good friend of my husband. Let’s just say I knew a lot of people to say hello to. My husband and I used to go out seven nights a week.
Do you still go out as much?
I went out three nights last week! One of my favorite things in life is John Zorn and the Masada String Trio, so I caught two of their shows at the Henry Street Settlement theater. I’ve been watching John play at Tonic since it opened.
What does the closing of Tonic say about downtown New York?
Everything is being gentrified. It’s sickening! The whole flavor is going down the drain: New York is becoming Podunk.
Why?
Looking at the types of people moving in, and moving out, New York is losing its diversity, all because of the mighty dollar. It’s pretty sad.
Are you a hipster?
Please. I was around when they coined the term in the late ’40s. There were other terms, too. The Dixieland people were called moldy figs…but that one hasn’t seemed to stick around.
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