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List of tuba players Image Name Lifetime Nationality Genre Notes Walter English: 1867–1916 American Circus: Played in various bands [2] William Bell: 1902–1971 American Classical The leading player and teacher of the early 20th century. Played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sousa Band, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NBC ...
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. [2]
Pages in category "Defunct jazz clubs in New York City" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Birdland (New York jazz club) The Bitter End; Blue Note Jazz Festival; Blue Note Jazz Club; Boomer's; Brasserie Julien; C. Café Bohemia; Clark Monroe's Uptown House ...
It met first at the Cosmopolitan Club (New York City) (a women's club) and met four to five times a year at multiple locations. [17] Membership was capped at 40 members by the 1950s; members included Ruth S. Granniss, who was librarian to the Grolier Club. [18] [19] Jamaica Women's Club, Jamaica, Queens; Manor Club, Pelham Manor
Hotel Astor, the club's home. The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs was organized February 16, 1903, with 25 charter clubs. The object of the organization is to promote good fellowship, strengthen the bonds of club life, and to acquire the power for united action in the advancement of civic improvements, educational interests and philanthropic work.
The magazine New York listed the club as a ″top 5 jazz joint″. [4] The New York City Jazz Record named Jazz Standard the "venue of the year" 2017. On December 2, 2020, the Jazz Standard announced it would be closing its doors at 116 East 27th Street permanently, due to lack of revenue from COVID-19 and stalled rent negotiations. [2]
In 1909, the Cosmos Club formed as a club for governesses, leasing space in the Gibson Building on East 33rd Street. [2] The following year, the club became the Women's Cosmopolitan Club, "organized," according to The New York Times, "for the benefit of New York women interested in the arts, sciences, education, literature, and philanthropy or in sympathy with those interested."