Cotton Club, New York City

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The Cotton Club in New York City was a famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub renowned for its lavish revues, segregationist policies, and role in launching the careers of major jazz artists.

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instanceOf nightclub
associatedWith New York City organized crime
borough Manhattan
broadcastHelpedLaunchCareerOf Cab Calloway NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
broadcastOn radio
city New York City
closed 1940
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalMovement Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED
era Prohibition era NERFINISHED
featuredBandleader Cab Calloway NERFINISHED
Don Redman NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Jimmie Lunceford NERFINISHED
featuredChoreographer Bill Robinson NERFINISHED
Leonard Harper NERFINISHED
featuredDancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson NERFINISHED
The Nicholas Brothers NERFINISHED
featuredPerformer Bessie Smith NERFINISHED
Billie Holiday NERFINISHED
Cab Calloway NERFINISHED
Count Basie NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Ethel Waters NERFINISHED
Fats Waller NERFINISHED
Lena Horne NERFINISHED
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED
genre jazz
swing
hadAddress 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (original Harlem location)
hadHouseBand Cab Calloway Orchestra NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED
influenced American popular music
Broadway-style revues
development of big band jazz
knownFor Harlem Renaissance jazz performances
featuring African American performers for mostly white audiences
lavish revues
segregationist policies
location Harlem, Manhattan, New York City NERFINISHED
neighborhood Harlem NERFINISHED
notableFor chorus lines of African American dancers
elaborate floor shows
racially stereotyped themes in shows
opened 1923
owner Owen Madden NERFINISHED
policy African American performers
whites-only audience during much of its early history
relocatedTo Broadway and 48th Street, Midtown Manhattan NERFINISHED
subjectOf film "The Cotton Club" (1984) NERFINISHED
numerous jazz histories

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Valarie Pettiford notableWork Cotton Club, New York City
this entity surface form: The Cotton Club
Minnie the Moocher performanceVenueAssociatedWith Cotton Club, New York City
Cab Calloway performedAt Cotton Club, New York City
this entity surface form: Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City
Sister Rosetta Tharpe performedAt Cotton Club, New York City
this entity surface form: Cotton Club
Maurice Hines performedIn Cotton Club, New York City
this entity surface form: The Cotton Club
Duke Ellington Orchestra primaryVenue Cotton Club, New York City