Cornell Dupree aka 'Mr. 2500' (records)! Jon Hammond at Mikell's

Jon Hammond
R.I.P. Cornell Dupree aka 'Mr. 2500' (records)!
Jon Hammond - my 1959 B3 organ, Bernard Purdie drums, Chuggy Carter percussion at Mikell's NYC http://www.jonhammondband.com/ circa 1989 Mikell's 97th and Columbus - camera credit Joe Berger - Panasonic PV-430D camcorder
808 Columbus Avenue, New York NY 10025
Run by Mike Mikell and Pat Mikell, from 1969 to 1991 it was a regular venue for New York's top studio and session musicians who would turn up for jam sessions with major soul, funk and jazz artists visiting the city.
Among the performers and bands associated with Mikell's are Stuff, the alliance of studio musicians that played almost weekly at Mikell's in the 1970s.
In early 1980, the club served for rehearsals for Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band, which included Wynton Marsalis, and which would result in the live album Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band - Live at Montreux and North Sea (1980). Other artists appearing at the club in the 1980s included Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton and Mickey Roker (June 1983, Paquito D'Rivera (January 1984.)
Live albums recorded at Mikell's

John Tropea - Live at Mikell's New York - Recorded live in 1980, released 1994.
Art Blakey and Jazz Messengers - New York Scene - May 1984
*Note: Now it is called WHOLE FOODS

At Whole Foods concerts, locals recall jazz roots
Whole Foods Market, located at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America to bring weekly concerts to the store.
By Sonalee Rau
Published September 30, 2010
This fall, the best place to find free jazz will be your local Whole Foods.

Whole Foods Market, located at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, is partnering with the Jazz Foundation of America to bring weekly concerts to the store, as part of the foundation's Jazz Legend Fall Series — with Jon Hammond Band, Jon Hammond Organ Group and Leslie J. Carter at Mikell's Jazz Club 97th and Columbus New York City.