"See you in New York next week," he called ... ELLINGTON got his first break as a bandleader at the Cotton Club audition. He arrived late by mistake. But the boss who was to hire a band that ...

Jacks’ letter ignited and energized the Black women’s club movement ... the former included an actual plantation with cotton crops and slave shanties as well as a theater where minstrel ...

Gladys Bentley, a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, began her blues career singing at rent parties (held to raise rent money by charging attendees) and underground establishments in Harlem, New York ...

Once upon a time jazz heads could hit such Big Apple venues as the Cotton Club (if they were white) and the Savoy and dance the night away to the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis ...

The New York Daily News ... a Book of the Month Club selection. Strayhorn's "Take the A Train" celebrated the nightly migration of jazz fans and dancers traveling up to Harlem nightclubs.

The culturally rich NYC borough offers a wealth of interesting eateries, art and entertainment all-year long, but it's ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Hinton Battle won. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Gregory Hines was nominated but did not win. Best ...

It is currently available for sale in Puerto Rico and San Martín, distributed by CC1 Companies; New York ... jazz artists who played the Cotton Club in Harlem in the 1920s, Frank Sinatra and ...

“(The musical) evokes the spirit of legendary venues like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom ... a silent spiritual retreat in upstate New York —especially in a world overflowing ...

As the leaves turn and the air becomes crisp, there’s no better time to explore the vibrant neighborhood of Harlem, New York City ... also features a health club, room service and a concierge ...

It’s set in an elegant, once-abandoned skyscraper dating to 1881 that’s been renovated with incredible attention to detail and feels like a darkened private club with an old New York atmosphere.

The New York Daily News ... a Book of the Month Club selection. Strayhorn's "Take the A Train" celebrated the nightly migration of jazz fans and dancers traveling up to Harlem nightclubs.