Daniel Rubin, a staff writer with the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote:
Natalie’s has been going for more than 60 years, since it was just another light in a constellation that included the Powelton Bar & Club, the Click, the 421 Club, Treys, the Downbeat, Peps, and so on.
John Coltrane played here. So did Hank Mobley, Tony Williams, Johnny Coles, Shirley Scott, Philly Joe Jones, Sam Reed, Mickey Roker and Grover Washington Jr.
Music director, drummer Lex Humphries, lived across the street from Natalie’s. The job now belongs to Lucky Thompson, who has run the weekly jam sessions for seven years.
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