Tag Archives: Cotton Club

Cotton Club Girl: Legendary Dancer Dies At 100

Sad: Juanita Boisseau, who performed at the legendary Cotton Club in New York, has died at the age of 100. Continue reading

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The Baby Grand Bar in Harlem, 1953

The Baby Grand Bar at 319 West 125th Street (between st. Nicholas and 8th avenue), opened in 1953, it was a saloon with a bright mural of a piano above the door and a rich Art Deco décor. Continue reading

Starting Tonight, Ginny’s Supper Club Looks Back in Harlem

When Marcus Samuelsson and Andrew Chapman opened Red Rooster a little over a year ago in Harlem, … Continue reading

HW Nominations For the Best Five Films Ever Made in Harlem

 

While The 84th Academy Award nominations are telling you who and what talent to keep your eyes on for the upcoming Oscars on February 26th, at 7 pm on ABC. We here at Harlem World Magazine thought we would nominate our best five films ever made in Harlem, starting with the best first. Continue reading

Lena Horne at the Cotton Club In Harlem

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer. Continue reading

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Harlem is “the best village in the world,” it’s unique, so we’ve created unique, one of a kind throwback tees for Harlem fans like you. Continue reading

‘Cotton Club Parade’ Celebrates Duke Ellington In Harlem

Carla Cook, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jared Grimes and Adriane Lenox have been cast in Duke Ellington‘s Cotton Club Parade, opening November 18 at New York City Center. Continue reading

Harlem’s Duke Ellington, Photograph By Lee Tanner (video)

Duke Ellington When his drummer Sonny Greer was invited to join the Wilber Sweatman Orchestra in New York City, Ellington made the fateful decision to leave behind his successful career in Washington, D.C., and move to Harlem, becoming one of the figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading

“The Harlem Footwarmers” And Duke Ellington

The Harlem Footwarmers was actually Duke Ellington & His Orchestra! Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 — May 24, 1974). Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the words of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe “In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington.” Continue reading

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra’s Cotton Club Parade Celebrated At New York City Center

Folks always want a part of Harlem, the Cotton Club Parade, part of City Center’s acclaimed Encores! series, celebrates Duke Ellington and his orchestra’s years at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. Continue reading