Jewell Building
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The Jewell Building is a city landmark in North Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1923, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 2221 North 24th Street, the building was home to th
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Dizzy Gillespie and his band at the Dreamland Ballroom in 1948
Anna Mae Winburn
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Anna Mae Winburn was an American vocalist and jazz bandleader who flourished beginning in the mid-1930s. An African-American, she is best known for having directed the International Sweethearts of Rhy
Jewell Building
…Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lionel Hampton. A variety of Omaha music legends including Preston Love, Anna Mae Winburn and Lloyd Hunter also played at the Dreamland. The ballroom closed in the 1960s. James Jewell was an influential man in the black community, and he…
Winburn and William D. Alexander in the 1940s