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The impetus for producing the Chocolate Kiddies was partly a culmination or outgrowth of (i) the success of a Harlem (and Atlantic City) jazz band led by Sam Wooding (1895–1985) and a floor show, initially developed for the 1923 opening of the Nest Club and (ii) the success of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's Broadway musical, The Chocolate Dandies, which, after 96 performances, closed ...
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section.
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The club is formed of five halls where different genres of music are played even though the most played are indie pop, alternative rock and electronic music. Razzmatazz is the "evolution" of the Sala Zeleste, which closed back in 2000 due to its economic debt with the Social Security. The club is named after the song "Razzmatazz" by Pulp.
Minton's original owner, Henry Minton, was known in Harlem for being the first ever black delegate to the American Federation of Musicians Local 802. [3] In addition, he had been the manager of the Rhythm Club, in Harlem, in the early part of the 1930s, a venue which Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and Earl Hines frequented. [4]
Clark Monroe opened the Uptown House in the 1930s at 198 West 134th St in Harlem, in a building which formerly held Barron's Club (where Duke Ellington worked early in the 1920s) and the Theatrical Grill. From the late 1930s, the club presented swing jazz; Billie Holiday held a residence there for three
The Lenox Lounge. Lenox Lounge was a long-standing bar in Harlem, New York City.It was located in 288 Lenox Avenue, between 124th and 125th.The bar was founded in 1939 by Ralph Greco and served as a venue for performances by many great jazz artists, including Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.
The Clubs attracted artists and Bohemians of both races. Nevertheless, this was a highly imperfect inter-mixing of white and black America. Some of the clubs catered to an almost exclusively white clientele, with blacks intervening only as performers and servers (e.g. the Cotton Club and the Plantation Club in Harlem).