The club in new york was one of the most famous jazz clubs.

The Cotton Club

Explanation:

The Cotton Club was a nightclub in New York (United States) that remained open during Prohibition in the 1920s.

It was founded in 1920 in Harlem, in the black neighborhood of Manhattan, although they generally denied admission to African-American consumers. The club was opened by heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, and smuggler and gangster Owney Madden acquired the club in 1923 while incarcerated at Sing Sing and changed the name of the club to Cotton Club.

It was a mythical club at the time since it was the showcase of the main musical novelties, such as Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday or Ethel Waters. On Sundays were frequent "Celebrities Nights", attended by prominent people from politics and culture, such as Jimmy Durante, George Gershwin, Al Jolson, Mae West, Irving Berlin, Eddie Cantor, the mayor of New York Jimmy Walker or other celebrities.

The cotton Club in New York was one of the most Famous Jazz Club.

Further Explanations:  

Jack Johnson rented the top floor of a building in Harlem and opened a club and named it Club Deluxe. Owney Madden a well-known bootlegger and criminal took overthe club in 1923 and named it“Cotton Club”. Johnson and Madden signed a deal according to which Johnson remained the manager of the club. Madden used the club to sell his liquor. The Club was seized once in 1925 in acquisition of illegal acts.

Cotton Club was a famed Night club of New York City from 1923- 1940.The club have seen United States' eon ofProhibition together with Jim Crow law. Though blacks were unable to put down the club, they promoted black entertainers like Flasher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong and many more. The club also served as meeting spot with uniform celebrity nights on Sunday.

Learn more :

1. A private club registration permit authorizes alcoholic beverages?

2. Who owns the alcoholic beverages of a private club?

Answer Details:

Grade: High school

Subject: US History

Chapter: Cotton club

Keywords:Jack Johnson, Harlem, Club Deluxe,Owney Madden, Cotton Club, United States,Prohibition, Jim Crow law, Flasher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, celebrity, nights

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