# Jimmy Ryan's > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Ryan's > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Ryan's.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ryan's > Source revision: 1343622404 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Jazz club in New York City}}{{About|the New York City jazz club|other uses of Jimmy Ryan|Jimmy Ryan (disambiguation){{!}}Jimmy Ryan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = Jimmy Ryan's | image = {{Easy CSS image crop|Image=52nd Street, New York, by Gottlieb, 1948 crop.jpg|desired_width=250|crop_left_perc=0|crop_right_perc=70|crop_top_perc=10|crop_bottom_perc=0|align=center}} | image_caption = Jimmy Ryan's [marquee](/source/marquee_(structure)) at night, alongside its neighbors. Looking east from [Sixth Avenue](/source/Sixth_Avenue) towards [52nd Street](/source/52nd_Street_(Manhattan)), {{circa}} May 1948 | address = {{idp| *53 [West 52nd Street](/source/52nd_Street_(Manhattan))
(1934–1962) *154 [West 54th Street](/source/54th_Street_(Manhattan))
(1962–1983) }} | city = [New York City](/source/New_York_City) | country = [United States](/source/United_States) | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|40|45|47|N|73|58|50|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY}} | owner = Matthew C. Walsh, Jimmy Ryan | type = [Jazz club](/source/Jazz_club) | demolished = 1962 (53 [West 52nd Street](/source/52nd_Street_(Manhattan))) | years_active = {{idp| *1934–1962
(53 West 52nd Street) *1962–1983
(154 West 54th Street) }} }} '''Jimmy Ryan's''' was a [jazz club](/source/jazz_club) in New York City, located at 53 [West 52nd Street](/source/52nd_Street_(Manhattan)), Manhattan, from 1934 to 1962, and 154 [West 54th Street](/source/54th_Street_(Manhattan)) from 1962 to 1983.[John S. Wilson](/source/John_S._Wilson_(music_critic)), "Jimmy Ryan's, A Shrine to the Same Old Jazz", ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', September 24, 1976 It was a venue for performances of [Dixieland jazz](/source/Dixieland_jazz).''Jazz A-Z'', by [Peter Clayton](/source/Peter_Clayton) & Peter Gammond, [Guinness Books](/source/Guinness_Books) (Guinness Superlatives Ltd.) (1986); {{OCLC|15353474|76750957}}. == History == The location on [52nd Street](/source/52nd_Street_(Manhattan)), Manhattan, New York City, was one of a row of [brownstones](/source/Brownstone) with clubs operating in basements. As the last surviving jazz club on 52nd Street, its brownstone – along with all the other brownstones on the north side of the street – were demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the new [CBS Building](/source/CBS_Building). CBS had given Jimmy Ryan $9,000 to relocate.[Bill Crow](/source/Bill_Crow), ''Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around'', p. 116, [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) (2005) {{OCLC|224377631|775055946}} {{ISBN|0195187954}} {{ISBN|9780195187953}}[Arnold Shaw](/source/Arnold_Shaw_(author)), ''52nd Street, The Street of Jazz'', p. 242, [Da Capo Press](/source/Da_Capo_Press) (1977, 1983) {{OCLC|468129109|3002082|470090841}} {{OCLC|462372683}} {{ISBN|0306800683}} {{ISBN|9780306800689}} The club was owned by partners Matthew C. (Matty) Walsh (1914–2006) and Jimmy Ryan (1911–1963). Walsh, Ryan's brother-in-law, continued ownership following Ryan's death in July 1963 at the [French Hospital](/source/French_Hospital_(Manhattan)). Gilbert J. Pincus (1907–1980) – who served as doorman from 1942 to 1962 at the original location and from about 1963 until his death in 1980 – became known as the "Mayor of 52nd Street".[John S. Wilson](/source/John_S._Wilson_(music_critic)), "Gilbert J. Pincus, 73, Jazz Club Doorman and Mayor of 52nd Street," ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', February 7, 1980''Biography Index, A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 12: September 1979 – August 1982'', [H.W. Wilson Co.](/source/H._W._Wilson_Company), New York (1983) {{OCLC|83009305|50355220|183279994}}[Arnold Shaw](/source/Arnold_Shaw_(author)), ''The Street That Never Slept, New York's Fabled 52d St.'' [McCann & Geoghegan](/source/G._P._Putnam's_Sons), New York (1971) {{OCLC|205864}}. == Jazz style == During the 1940s, three New York nightclubs stood out as centers for traditional style jazz: Jimmy Ryan's, Nick's in [Greenwich Village](/source/Greenwich_Village), and [Eddie Condon](/source/Eddie_Condon)'s, just a few blocks away.[William P. Gottlieb](/source/William_P._Gottlieb), ''The Golden Age of Jazz'', p. 13, Pomegranate Communications, Inc. (1995). == Performing artists == '''Resident musicians in the 1940s''' {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [Mezz Mezzrow](/source/Mezz_Mezzrow) (1943) * [James P. Johnson](/source/James_P._Johnson) (1943) * [Art Hodes](/source/Art_Hodes) (1945–1949) * [J. C. Higginbotham](/source/J._C._Higginbotham) (1946) * [Henry "Red" Allen](/source/Henry_%22Red%22_Allen) (1946) * [Sidney De Paris](/source/Sidney_De_Paris) (1947–1957) * [Sidney Bechet](/source/Sidney_Bechet) (1948) * [Max Kaminsky](/source/Max_Kaminsky_(musician)) (1948–1949) * [Wilbur De Paris](/source/Wilbur_De_Paris) (1951–1962) * [Zutty Singleton](/source/Zutty_Singleton) (1963–1970) * [Roy Eldridge](/source/Roy_Eldridge) (1970–1980) {{div col end}} '''Musicians of the Sunday [jam sessions](/source/Jam_session), organized and managed by [Milt Gabler](/source/Milt_Gabler)''' {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [Sidney Bechet](/source/Sidney_Bechet) * [Pops Foster](/source/Pops_Foster) * [Hot Lips Page](/source/Hot_Lips_Page) * [Pee Wee Russell](/source/Pee_Wee_Russell) * [Eddie Condon](/source/Eddie_Condon) * [Mezz Mezzrow](/source/Mezz_Mezzrow) * [Kaiser Marshall](/source/Kaiser_Marshall) * [Hank Duncan](/source/Hank_Duncan) * [Sandy Williams](/source/Sandy_Williams) * [Brad Gowans](/source/Brad_Gowans) * [Ben Webster](/source/Ben_Webster) * [Chu Berry](/source/Chu_Berry) * [Coleman Hawkins](/source/Coleman_Hawkins) * [Wildcats](/source/Bob_Wilber) {{div col end}} == Songs and albums related to the club == * [Tony Parenti](/source/Tony_Parenti) and his Dean's of Dixieland: ** ''A Night at Jimmy Ryan's'' ([Jazzology](/source/Jazzology_Records), 1967) with [Max Kaminsky](/source/Max_Kaminsky_(musician)), [Conrad Janis](/source/Conrad_Janis), Davis Quinn, Joe Henshaw, and [Zutty Singleton](/source/Zutty_Singleton) *** "Down at Jimmy Ryan's", a renamed version of [Theodore Morse](/source/Theodore_Morse) and [Edward Madden](/source/Edward_Madden_(lyricist))'s "Down in Jungletown" *** "Blues for Jimmy Ryan" * ''[Live at Jimmy's](/source/M.F._Horn_4%265%3A_Live_At_Jimmy's)'', a complete album recorded live there by [Maynard Ferguson](/source/Maynard_Ferguson) in 1973 == References == {{Reflist|30em}} {{Commons category|Jimmy Ryan’s (jazz club)}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|40|45|47|N|73|58|50|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimmy Ryan's (jazz club)}} Category:Defunct drinking establishments in Manhattan Category:Defunct jazz clubs in New York City Category:Defunct restaurants in Manhattan Category:Nightlife in New York City Category:Restaurants disestablished in 1983 Category:Restaurants established in 1938 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Ryan's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ryan's) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ryan's?action=history)). 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