The Half Note Club is a real-life jazz club located in New York City, and is featured in Disney/Pixar's 2020 animated feature film, Soul. In the film, it is where Dorothea Williams and her jazz band perform, and one of the main locations.
Appearances[]
Soul[]
After Joe Gardner gets a call from Curley Baker who calls him that he is the new drummer in the Dorothea Williams Quartet, much to Joe's excitement to achieve his purpose in performing with Dorothea Williams. Arriving at the Half Note, Curley meets Joe who takes him to the spot where Dorothea is performing at. Curley approaches Dorothea to his former middle school band teacher Joe Gardner, to which he introduces himself to Dorothea to which she allows Joe to perform in the Quartet with Curley and Miho performing alongside him. After performing, Dorothea notices Joe not wearing a proper suit, telling him to be back at 9:00 with the suit required for him.
As 22 and the soul version of Joe control the bodies of Mr. Mittens and the real Joe respectively, the latter wears a proper outfit for the Half Note. Joe's soul, still in the cat's body, tries to cut his body's hair, but slips, accidentally shaving off too much. They decide to go to Dez's barbershop to fix his haircut for the performance at the Half Note. After accidentally tearing Joes suit pants while bending down, they reluctantly visit Libba's Custom Tailoring. After a heartfelt converation, Libba calls in Lulu and Melba to help prepare the suit for Joe.
That night, Joe makes his way to the Half Note where he asks Dorothea to give him another chance to perform in the Dorothea Williams Quartet to which she accepts Joe's request. Joe then performs with the Dorothea Williams Quartet, achieving his purpose to perform with the band. After performacne, the audience praises the band's performance just as Joe is accepted into the band. Libba then praises Joe for his wonderful performance just as she and her fellow friends Lulu and Melba leave via taxi. Dorothea explains to Joe that he will perform nightly in the band just like he did recently just before Dorothea leaves.
Soul of the City[]
In the Pixar Popcorn episode, Dorothea is performing solo at the Half Note Club.
