As Christmas 1969 beckoned, Jimi Hendrix, bassist Billy Cox, and drummer Buddy Miles engaged in extensive rehearsals for their highly anticipated appearances at the Fillmore East in New York. (Americansongwriter)
Directed by Oliver Murray, Ronnie’s (Greenwich Entertainment), out Feb. 11, features previously unseen and unheard performances at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club by Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Van Morrison, and many more.
Additionally, Ronnie’s plays a never-before-heard bootleg of Jimi Hendrix sitting in with Eric Burdon and War, just two days before his death, a performance recorded by a member of the audience.
Scott, who passed away in 1996, founded the nightclub with business partner Pete King in 1959, and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club quickly became the most famous music venue in London, from top bookings and the connection Scott had to many artists, who frequented his club and others who got their first breaks at the venue.
Open for more than 60 years, the club continues to spotlight jazz and artists across genres.
On Dec. 6, 2021, The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, and Keith Richards played a secret show at the jazz club to celebrate the band’s drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away on Aug. 24, 2021, and played a small set including the Jimmy Reed classic “Shame, Shame, Shame” and a cover of the Will Bradley Trio song “Down The Road a Piece.”
