Jockey Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
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The Jockey Club was a jazz club at 7 South North Carolina Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.[1]
It was one of the oldest jazz venues in the city, operating since the 1920s.[2] According to author Michael Pollock it was "home to mellow jazz musicians and tired prostitutes".[3] Guitarist Pat Martino notes that Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell would frequently play at the club.[4] It was at the Jockey Club that he had first seen Jimmy Smith with Charles Earland.[5]
The Jockey Club was destroyed by a fire in September 1982. The club had previously been closed for years and was reopened in May 1982.[2]
