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When the Cotton Club closed in 1940, Calloway and his band went on a tour of the United States. [2] In 1941 Calloway fired Dizzy Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas. Calloway wrongly accused Gillespie of throwing a spitball; in the ensuing altercation Gillespie stabbed Calloway in the leg with a small knife.
The Cotton Club Gala, which featured some of the club's original dancers, was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club twice in 1975 [43] [44] and again in 1985. The 1985 production was directed by La MaMa founder Ellen Stewart. [45] La MaMa also toured Europe with the Cotton Club Gala in 1976. [46]
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
Andrew Preer took leadership of the group in 1925, which performed at the Cotton Club until 1927 under the name Andrew Preer's Cotton Club Orchestra. [2] In 1927 the group became the accompanying band for Ethel Waters on tour, and changed its name to The Missourians, since Duke Ellington's band had become known as the Cotton Club Orchestra. [1]
Keith Nichols' Cotton Club Gang and Janice Day with Guy Barker I Like To Do Things For You (1991) (CD, Stomp Off) [3] Keith Nichols and the Cotton Club Orchestra Syncopated Jamboree (1991) (CD, Stomp Off CD 1242) Henderson Stomp (1993) (CD, Stomp Off CD 1234) [3] Harlem's Arabian Nights (1997) (CD, Stomp Off CD 130) [3] Keith Nichols' Little Devils
Williams rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra when the band was playing at the Cotton Club, with which he first performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen.
By 1925, she had performed in Cuba, the Cotton Club in New York City, and Los Angeles with the bands of Paul Howard, Curtis Mosby, and Sonny Clay. [2] [4] In 1928, she sang in Australia with Clay's band and starred in Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club in Los Angeles in April. Soon after, she began touring in the United States as a solo singer.
Madden redecorated the space and changed the name to the Cotton Club. The Cotton Club sold liquor during Prohibition, which lasted until 1933. When the club opened, George "Big Frenchy" Demange was the manager. Walter Brooks, [3] who brought Shuffle Along to Broadway in 1921, was the front, or nominal owner. [4]