Not to be missed on any trip near Detroit is the world’s oldest Jazz club, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge at 20510 Livernois Ave. (Livernois and 8 Mile).

Now 74 years old and going strong, it is one of the best listening rooms in the world, and one that doesn’t reek of 21st Century Disneyfication.

Duke Ellington, who regularly played at the club, whould still recognize the place.

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