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"); The Starlight Room is a bit of an anomaly in San Francisco, as its a rooftop bar. 50 Powell Street (Union Square) | https://starlightroomsf.com. But changing musical tastes, the movement of the club scene to North Beach . Bob Scobeys Alexanders Jazz Band performed at the club in the very early 1950s. 3 Craft Clubs. Though it seems they have closed it now. On Broadway Theater, 435 Broadway, 1980s. Cafe de Champion. The Blackhawk was also in the first wave of jazz clubs featuring Black musicians that opened downtown rather than in the Fillmore, where a vibrant jazz scene had flourished since the early 1940s. And on Sundays jazz fans can even worship at the Saint John Coltrane Church, says >Joel . We attended the early evening 'jamming' session which. Graham closed the club in 1983. How much would you pay to hop into a time machine and visit San Francisco's long-gone Winterland Ballroom on Jan. 14, 1978, the night of the Sex Pistols' last performance before the legendary punk band's big breakup? The Blackhawk was famous for its unique teenage section, a part of the bar separated from the rest by chicken wire where only soft drinks were sold, allowing high school and college kids to see jazz. Jazz bar Club Deluxe is closing after three decades in San Francisco.