From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
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From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
Jazz Age nightlife meant big bands with legendary leaders and cutting-edge crowds who showed up to dance. From the 1920s, hotel ballrooms played host to this burgeoning American artform, and the St. Regis sat at the vanguard. Jazz legend and torchbearer Wynton Marsalis joins journalist Howie Kahn and Marriott Senior Vice Predisent and Global Brand Leader Jenni Benzaquen to share stories and reflections about the complexity of jazz’s evolution: from how Duke Ellington and Count Basie ran their bands, to the timeless cool of Mel Tormé, to a young Wynton risking his own life to see live jazz in his native Louisiana. As Wynton Marsalis explains, the heartbeat of jazz in America is nothing short of vital to communities, to culture, and to our country. Later in the show, author Oliver Munday shares his elevator story.
St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth
From its opening in 1904 on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, the St. Regis New York has served as a gathering place for world-builders, change-makers, and legendary artists and musicians. Timeless stories have always happened there. St. Regis Stories: Legends of Fifth spotlights the themes, ideas, characters, and true tales that make hotels vital centers of culture, intrigue and innovation, and make the St. Regis New York–with its peerless narrative–inimitable, iconic and unforgettable.
