Tipitina's

Infobox Venue
name = Tipitina's


image_caption = The building of Tipitina's Uptown
nickname = Tips
location = 501 Napoleon Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
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type = Concert Hall
genre = Pop Music, R&B, Rock, Jazz
broke_ground =
built = 1912
opened = January 141977
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seating_capacity = 1,000
website = [http://www.tipitinas.com/ Tipitinas.com]

Tipitina's is a music venue located at the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Local music enthusiasts opened the venue in January 141977. [ [http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-12-02/blake.html Gambit Weekly - Blake Ponchartrain - New Orleans Know-It-All] ] The name was inspired by a well-known song by Professor Longhair who also performed there until his death in 1980. Before adopting use of "Tipitina's" as its name, the facility was known as "The 501 Club," in reference to its street address (501 Napoleon Avenue). Tipitina's stands as one of the best-known clubs in New Orleans. The building itself was constructed in 1912, and prior to becoming Tipitina's, it served as a gambling house, gymnasium, and brothel. [ [http://www.tipitinas.com/info/history.asp Tipitina's History] ]

In the early years, it had a juice bar and restaurant as well as a bar. The only remnant of the juice bar is the banana in Tipitina's logo. [ [http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-12-02/blake.html Gambit Weekly - Blake Ponchartrain - New Orleans Know-It-All] ] In the early 1980s, the studios of radio station WWOZ were located in one of the apartments upstairs from the club. [ [http://www.wwoz.org/about.php WWOZ History] ] Tipitina's closed for a time during the 1984 World's Fair, when much of the local music scene was drawn to venues in and around the Fair. The building was then remodeled to remove the upstairs apartments in favor of a higher ceiling in the downstairs music venue and reopened.

In 1998, Tipitinas opened a second location on North Peters Street in the French Quarter [ [http://www.tipitinas.com/Events/facilities/fquarter.html Tipitina's French Quarter] ] , which for a time was also a regular live music venue but is currently used for private events and parties. Apart from running these venues, Tipitina's has established Tipitina's Foundation, a non-profit organization to support local music and musicians. The foundation has been especially active in supporting the musicians victimized by Hurricane Katrina. [ [http://www.tipitinasfoundation.org/about/mission.asp Tipitina's Foundation Mission] ]

During the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival period, Tipitina's hosts concert series titled "Fess Jazztival", which is a cross of Jazz Festival name parody and the Professor Longhair's nickname, "Fess".

Live Albums

Numerous live albums have been recorded at Tipitina's, including:

*Galactic / "" (2001)
*Professor Longhair / "Ball the Wall: Live at Tipitina's 1978" (2004)
*Dr. John / "Right Place, Right Time: Live at Tipitina's" (2006)
*Anders Osborne / "Live at Tipitina's" (1998)
*The Neville Brothers / "Nevillization: Live at Tipitina's" (1982)
*Tuts Washington / "Live at Tipitina's '78" (2005)
*The Radiators (US) / "Work Done on Premises" (1980)
*"Piano Night at Tipitina's" (1995)
*Black Top Blues-a-rama Vol. 1 - 7

ee also

*List of jazz clubs
*Tipitina's Foundation

References

External links

* [http://www.tipitinas.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.tipitinasfoundation.org/ Tipitina's Foundation official site]