When The Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach started a regular jazz night in May 1949, Howard Rumsey and his Lighthouse All-Stars created a hub for what became known as West Coast jazz. The likes of ...

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Originally built in 1934 mere feet from the Pacific Ocean, the Lighthouse was a WWII hangout with a Polynesian theme that saw better days until John Levine bought it in the late 1940s. At the prodding ...

The Lighthouse was the premiere jazz club in the Los Angeles area during the 1950s and 1960s. Through the use of numerous interviews, pictures, music and video clips, the film tells the story of the ...

Saxophonist Charles Owens’ quartet was onstage blowing a hard blues as part of the 70th anniversary celebration of Hermosa Beach’s historic Lighthouse Café jazz jam when Gloria Cadena stood up from ...

In the words of Gloria Cadena, “Let’s keep the jazz going.” Cadena made that comment this week, as she helped Hermosa Beach celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Lighthouse Cafe — a legendary home of ...