The Four Bars Inn
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The Four Bars Inn was a jazz club
in Cardiff, Wales now known as "Dempseys". It was founded by Jed Williams
in 1987, who was also musical director of the Brecon Jazz Festival
. Williams, together with vocalist/trombonist Mike Harries formed the Inn's house band The Root Doctors. The Inn featured live jazz seven days a week for many years. Currently, live jazz is performed once or twice per week.
In 2009 the Four Bars Inn was named by the Brecon Jazz Festival as one of 12 venues which had made the most important contributions to jazz music in the United Kingdom.
Jazz club
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs have been in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz and when its popularity as a dance music was common...
in Cardiff, Wales now known as "Dempseys". It was founded by Jed Williams
Jed Williams
John Ellis Dowell Williams, known as Jed Williams , was a Welsh jazz journalist and the founder and artistic director of the Brecon Jazz Festival....
in 1987, who was also musical director of the Brecon Jazz Festival
Brecon Jazz Festival
Brecon Jazz Festival is a music festival held on an annual basis in the rural surroundings of Brecon, in south Powys, Mid Wales. Normally staged in early August, it plays host to a range of jazz musicians who travel from across the world to take part and to many visiting tourists who are attracted...
. Williams, together with vocalist/trombonist Mike Harries formed the Inn's house band The Root Doctors. The Inn featured live jazz seven days a week for many years. Currently, live jazz is performed once or twice per week.
In 2009 the Four Bars Inn was named by the Brecon Jazz Festival as one of 12 venues which had made the most important contributions to jazz music in the United Kingdom.