Quasimodo (music venue)

During the late 1920s and early 1930s the Delphi Palace was often an overcrowded "Mecca of Swing", which was closed in 1943 due to heavy damage sustained from allied bombing during World War II.

Originally the restaurant drew attention to itself by a varied programme not limited to live music, but then transformed to a " student pub with cabaret "one of the most respected jazz venues in the city.

Under his concert promotions international musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Art Blakey, Chaka Khan and Pat Metheny were featured in the programme.

In spite of the inadequate conditions (including rambling premises, often large and tightly packed audience) Quasimodo is known for a high acoustic quality of live concerts.

[11] Among international artists who have played at Quasimodo are Aki Takase, Allan Holdsworth, Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Pierce, Billy Cobham, Chad Wackerman, Chaka Khan, Chris Minh Doky, Dave Weckl, David Murray, David Sanborn, Didier Lockwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Watts, Frank McComb, Gerry Brown, Hansford Rowe, Hellmut Hattler, Herman Brood & his Wild Romance, Jan Akkerman, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Lene Lovich, Lenny White, Mani Neumeier, Mani Neumeier, Michael Landau, Michal Urbaniak Mulgrew Miller, Nigel Kennedy, Nippy Noya, Pat Mastelotto, Pat Metheny, Pierre Moerlen, Poogie Bell, Randy Brecker, Robben Ford, Scott Kinsey, Stanley Clarke, Terry Bozzio, Tom Kennedy, Torsten de Winkel, Tony Levin, and many more.