Jimmie Lunceford
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James Melvin Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
Jimmie Lunceford August 1946
Lunceford (left) with trombonist Trummy Young
Lunceford, c. 1943
Cotton Club
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The Cotton Club was a 20th-century nightclub in New York City. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown Theater District until 1940. The club oper
Jimmie Lunceford
…was the first public high school band director in Memphis. After a period of touring, in 1934 the band accepted a booking at the Harlem nightclub The Cotton Club for their revue "Cotton Club Parade" starring Adelaide Hall. The Cotton Club had already featured Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, who won their first…
Duke Ellington was one of the original Cotton Club orchestra leaders.
Adelaide Hall, star of the Cotton Club
Cab Calloway was another of the original Cotton Club performers.
Ethel Waters starred at the Cotton Club