Charlie O's is the ultimate jazz bar, restaurant wrote Don Heckman of the LA Times. Charlie O's voted by Downbeat as one of 100 best jazz clubs in the world.
Charlie O's is an intimate jazz club and restaurant originally established in 1987. We have been presenting live jazz performances seven nights a week, 8 PM to Midnight for several years. Dubbed a pine paneled watering hole offering a meat heavy menu and jazz by the LA Weekly, we serve Choice Steaks, Baby Back Ribs, Scampi, Salmon, numerous types of salads, an assortment of dinners and sandwiches and a wide variety of classic American food.
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Charlie O's is the ultimate jazz bar, restaurant wrote Don Heckman of the LA Times. Charlie O's voted by Downbeat as one of 100 best jazz clubs in the world.
Charlie O's is an intimate jazz club and restaurant originally established in 1987. We have been presenting live jazz performances seven nights a week, 8 PM to Midnight for several years. Dubbed a pine paneled watering hole offering a meat heavy menu and jazz by the LA Weekly, we serve Choice Steaks, Baby Back Ribs, Scampi, Salmon, numerous types of salads, an assortment of dinners and sandwiches and a wide variety of classic American food.
Some of the prominent weekly performers include world class drummers Roy McCurdy, Frank Capp, Gerryck King, Mike Stephans and Lorca Hart; bassists John Heard, Ernie McDaniel and Adrian Rosen; saxophonist Don Menza, flute and saxophone great Sam Most, guitarists Ron Anthony and Mark Waggoner; pianists Danny Grissett, Marty Harris, Frank Collett, John Campbell, Gildo Mahones, Jon Mayer and Tateng Katindig; piano and vocalist Pat Tuzzolino; and monthly guest artists have included such jazz greats as Teddy Edwards, Pete Christlieb, Red Holloway, Richie Cole, Plas Johnson, Med Flory, Charles Owens, Herman Riley, Rickey Woodard, Benn Clatworthy, Bobby Rodriguez, Don Menza, Scotty Barnhart, Andy Martin, Carl Saunders, Larry Covelli, Bill Perkins, Ralph Moore, Ernie Watts, Bill Henderson, Spanky Wilson, Diane Witherspoon, Carl Randall, Gil Bernal, Louis Taylor, and many others.
Special monthly performers include Plas Johnson, Jack Sheldon and his California Cool Quartet, the John Heard Trio (John, Danny Grissett and Lorca Hart), the Jennifer Leitham Trio, the Benn Clatworthy Quartet, the Jon Mayer Trio and others. Monday is big band night, featuring the likes of Emil Richard's All-Star Big Band, Frank Capp's Juggernaut, Mike Barone, Gary Tole, Gary Urwin's Jazz Orchestra, Supersax, and Bill Holman.
Charlie O's is truly the favorite spot for famous jazz musicians to hang out and sit in with the groups. Jazz musicians are welcome to rehearse at Charlie O's Monday through Saturday from 11 AM to 5 PM. Call Charlie to schedule your rehearsal.
Charlie, Jo-Ann and our friendly staff look forward to seeing you at Charlie O's.
For those who equate “jazz supper club” with “steakhouse”
and straight-ahead jamming bop, Charlie O's serves choice cuts of
beef and barbecue with the likes of blue collar, L.A. tenor saxophonists
Don Menza and Benn Clatworthy. Open since '87, they
present live music seven nights a week, and was honored as one
of Downbeat's Top 100 Jazz Clubs worldwide. Charlie O's has
been tireless supporting such hard swinging local artists as
Michael Session, John Heard, and Pete Christlieb. “Special guests”
are bound to drop in when you're open every night, and the club
has that reputation. Moreover, Charlie O's allows jazz musicians
to rehearse there as well. Now, that is supporting jazz.
~ Rex Butters
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Charlie O's Bar and Grill
