Downtown Cincinnati's jazz landmark, the Blue Wisp Jazz Club, will remain downtown.

        Owner Marjean Wisby has signed a lease and plans to open at 318 E. Eighth St. in mid-July.

        “It's gonna be real good,” Ms. Wisby said Thursday. “Parking's great. They're going to fix up the building in perfect condition for me. And we won't be in the basement. The musicians won't have to carry their equipment down the stairs.”

        “We are excited to add the Blue Wisp to our St. Xavier Park neighborhood,” said Rick Kimbler, vice president of Al Neyer Inc., owner of the building.

        The 3,000-square-foot space will mean a bigger Wisp, which is now 2,400 square feet. Some of that space will allow something new for the Blue Wisp: a non- smoking section.

        Ms. Wisby said she hopes to continue operating at her 19 Garfield Place address until the new building is ready.

        Internationally known for its Wednesday night shows by the Blue Wisp Big Band, the club was opened by Ms. Wisby and her late husband, Paul, in 1973 in O'Bryonville.

        In 1989, the Blue Wisp moved to Garfield Place.

        The move to Eighth Street is being subsidized by the city with a $40,000 grant and $50,000 loan.

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