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Sweet Basil was a jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village. Founded in 1974 by Sharif Esmat, it was considered among the most prominent jazz clubs in New York.[1] Many jazz albums were recorded live at Sweet Basil, including Cecil Taylor's Iwontunwonsi, McCoy Tyner's Live at Sweet Basil (1989) and Live at Sweet Basil, and the Jean-Michel Pilc Trio's Together: Live at Sweet Basil. From 1981 to 1992 the club was owned by Phyllis Litoff and her husband Mel Litoff.[2]The club closed in April 2001.[3] Recorded performancesRecorded performances at the club include:[4] - 1977 – Ron Carter: Piccolo (Milestone)
- 1977 – Junior Mance: Live at Sweet Basil (Flying Disk)
- 1977 – Cecil McBee Sextet with Chico Freeman: Music from the Source and Compassion (Enja)
- 1978 – Jim Hall/Red Mitchell (Artists House)
- 1981 – Chris Connor: Lover, Come Back to Me
- 1983 – Abdullah Ibrahim with Carlos Ward: Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 1 (Ekapa)
- 1983 – Valery Ponomarev with Don Braden - John Hicks At Sweet Basil (Reservoir)
- 1984 – Leroy Jenkins: Urban Blues (Black Saint)
- 1984 – David Murray Big Band: Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 & Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint)
- 1984 – Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra: Live at Sweet Basil, Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (Gramavision)
- 1985 – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Live At Sweet Basil (GNP Crescendo) (Paddle Wheel)
- 1985 – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Hard Champion (Evidence)
- 1985 – Gunter Hampel New York Orchestra: Fresh Heat: Live at Sweet Basil (Birth) with Jeanne Lee, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Thomas Keyserling, Curtis Fowlkes, Bill Frisell, Bob Stewart, Marvin Smitty Smith u.a.
- 1985 – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Dr Jeckyle (Evidence)
- 1985 – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: New Year's Eve At Sweet Basil (Evidence)
- 1985 – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Farewell (released 1990) (King)
- 1986 – Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra: Bud and Bird, Farewell (Electric Bird/King)
- 1986 – The Jazztet (led by Art Farmer and Benny Golson): Back to the City, Real Time (Contemporary)
- 1986 – Terence Blanchard/Donald Harrison: Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Remembered Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1 & 2 (Evidence) with Mal Waldron, Richard Davis, Ed Blackwell
- 1987 – Mal Waldron: The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (Paddle Wheel)
- 1988 – Paul Bley: Live at Sweet Basil (Soul Note)
- 1988 – Randy Brecker Quintet: Live at Sweet Basil (Sonet)
- 1988 – Sonny Greenwich: Live at Sweet Basil (Justin Time)
- 1988 – Oliver Jones: Cookin' at Sweet Basil (Justin Time Records)
- 1989 – Richard Davis: One for Frederick – Live at Sweet Basil (Hep)
- 1989 – McCoy Tyner: Live at Sweet Basil (King)
- 1989 – Uli Lenz/Cecil McBee/Joe Chambers: Live at Sweet Basil (Enja)
- 1990 – Nat Adderley: Autumn Leaves (Sweet Basil)
- 1990 - Nat Adderley: Live at Sweet Basil (Sweet Basil)
- 1990 − Richard Davis and Friends live at Sweet Basil (Evidence) with Ricky Ford, Cecil Bridgewater, Roland Hanna, George Cables, Ronnie Burrage
- 1991 – Steve Grossman: In New York (Dreyfus)
- 1991 – Steve Lacy Sextet – Live at Sweet Basil (RCA Novus)
- 1991 – McCoy Tyner: Live at Sweet Basil (Sweet Basil Records)
- 1992 – Joanne Brackeen: Turnaround (Evidence)
- 1992 – Anders Bergcrantz: Live at Sweet Basil (DIW)
- 1992 – Nick Brignola: Live At Sweet Basil - Fist Set (Reservoir)
- 1992 – Nick Brignola: Things Ain't What They Used to Be: Last Set At Sweet Basil (Reservoir)
- 1992 – The Enja Band live at Sweet Basil (Enja) with Willie Williams, Gust Tsilis, Uri Caine, Michael Formanek, Cecil Brooks III
- 1992 – Doc Cheatham: Live at Sweet Basil (Jazzology)
- 1992 – Art Farmer Quintet: Live at Sweet Basil (Evidence)
- 1992 – Dave Matthews/Manhattan Jazz Quintet: Manteca (Evidence)
- 1993 – Wolfgang Muthspiel Group: In & Out (Amadeo)
- 1995 – Cecil Taylor: Iwontunwonsi – Live at Sweet Basil (Sound Hills)
- 1995 – Cecil Taylor: Amewa – Live at Sweet Basil (Sound Hills)
- 1998 – Greg Osby: Banned in New York (Blue Note)
- 1999 – Michele Rosewoman: Guardians of the Light (Enja)
- 2000 – Cecil Brooks III/John Hicks: Live at Sweet Basil 2 (Savant)
References1. ^Paul ODonnell. "Beyond the Boardroom with Stewart Kohl". The Plain Dealer. April 5, 2008.
2. ^Janas, Marci, "The Wellspring of Sweet Basil: Mel Litoff and Phyllis Weisbart Litoff", Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Vol. 103, No. 3, Winter 2005/2006.
3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/07/arts/sweet-basil-to-close-this-month-new-club-planned-at-site.html |title=Sweet Basil to Close This Month; New Club Planned at Site |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 7, 2001 |accessdate=June 10, 2018}}
4. ^Discogs, Allmusic bzw. Cook/Morton: Penguin Guide to Jazz.
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