Detroit's 75-year-old jazz club Baker's turns 75 and the owner is doing what he can to keep it open.
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This weekend, Baker's will celebrate its 75th anniversary. But
Colbert says the club could close soon after. He hasn't set a date,
because he's hoping it won't happen.
Between hot jazz and hot
sauce on every table, Colbert says he's doing everything he can to
attract audiences. And he says that business has picked up since word
of Baker's plight has begun to circulate.
Colbert, who bought
the club about a decade ago, says he hopes the Baker's legacy won't end
with him. But if he has to, Colbert says, he'd like to sell the club to
someone else who'll continue the tradition.
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