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The Onyx featured musicians including the Spirits of Rhythm and Art Tatum, who then was the regular intermission pianist. It burned down in 1935. It burned down in 1935. Helbock rebuilt it and reopened it July 13, 1935, and reopened with Red McKenzie , Stuff Smith , Jonah Jones , John Kirby , Maxine Sullivan , and others.
ONYX RECORDS 1972. Onyx Records, Inc., was a small, independent American record label based in Manhattan, New York, co-founded on July 15, 1971, by Joe Fields [1] [2] (1929–2017) and Don Schlitten (born 1932) [3] and managed by Gentry McCreary (born 1941). Its address was at 160 West 71st Street on the Upper West Side.
After moving to New York City he performed regularly with his sextet at the Onyx Club starting in 1935, [1] and also with Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and later, Sun Ra. [ 1 ] After being signed to Vocalion Records in 1936, he had a hit with "I'se a Muggin ' " and was billed as Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys.
Note: The Cotton Club (unconnected to the defunct club with the same name) opened in 1943 on the site formerly occupied by the Famous Door; the club was initially managed by Russell Carter. Jimmy Ryan's, 53 W 52 (1934–1962) 154 W 54th (1962–1983) Spotlight Club, 56 W 52; Club Samoa; 62 W 52 (1940–1943) became a strip club in 1943. The Onyx
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007, just before 9 pm, a fire destroyed the recently remodeled Glen Club situated on top of the esses. Originally called the Onyx Club (named for the sponsor, Onyx Cologne), the Glen Club was used primarily as an upscale venue for race fans.
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The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2216, [1] with the B-side, "From A Flat to C". [ 2 ] It was also recorded by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal by Ella Fitzgerald on February 17, 1939, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2323 ...
In the basement was a prominent jazz club known first as the Onyx Club and later as the Cobra Club. In 1970, the hotel was sold and the building was converted into artist and performance studios. Over the next fifteen years, hundreds of artists, musicians, writers, dancers and filmmakers rented space at the Hotel Carver.