Dan Aykroyd rented an old bar at 282 Hudson for the coveted NYC parking space, near the SNL studio, and operated an unlicensed blues bar for the cast and crew, including instruments for jams. It was here that he and John Belushi developed their “Blues Brothers” characters — and their lifelong Blues passion.

In the White House’s private residence in 2009, President Barack Obama hung a photo of John Coltrane backstage in 1966, taken by Jim Marshall.

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