Onyx Club
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The Onyx Club was a jazz club located on West 52nd Street in New York City.
From left: Toots Thielemans, Adele Girard, and Joe Marsala in front of the Onyx of New York City, c. 1948
John Kirby (musician)
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John Kirby, was an American jazz double-bassist and bandleader. In addition to sideman work, Kirby lead a chamber jazz sextet in the late 1930s and early 1940s, which scored several hit songs includin
Onyx Club
…regular intermission pianist. It burned down in 1935. Helbock rebuilt it, and on July 13, 1935, reopened it with Red McKenzie, Stuff Smith, Jonah Jones, John Kirby, Maxine Sullivan, and others. 62 West 52nd Street (1937–1939) It moved to 62 West 52nd Street and closed in 1939, due partly to a fallout with a silent…
Kirby and Buster Bailey, Washington D.C., c. May 1946 Photo: William P. Gottlieb