Downtown Magazine
“A Musician's Dream, A Father's Wish Realized at One Flight Up Jazz Club”
Downtown Magazine, by Linda Sheridan · August 18, 2026
A personal profile centered on the club's origins: Joe Strasser's decades on the New York scene, his thirty-year friendship with co-owner Mark Quinn (who once nearly bought Bradley's himself back in 1996), and the role Joe's late father played in making the club possible. The piece also touches on the club's design, contributions from Joe's partner Summer Bedard, and plans for a fall grand opening alongside a musician-support happy hour with Jazz Generation's Keyed Up program.
"This is kind of a tip of the cap to him as well." — Joe Strasser, on his father