#2ND ANNUAL QUEEN CITY JAZZ FEST ARCHIVE#
#2ND ANNUAL QUEEN CITY JAZZ FEST FULL#

#2ND ANNUAL QUEEN CITY JAZZ FEST FULL#

The Festival is divided into two halves you may purchase tickets for each half separately, or get a full day pass. We built the Festival for everyone, whether you want to sit and listen, or get up and dance! Our venue this year is the beautiful Downtown Association Club at 60 Pine St, which is a private social club from the same era of old New York City as our previous home at The Players Club… but significantly bigger! This festival is the culmination of all the events and musicians we work with throughout the year, and an amazing opportunity to hear many of your favorites in one place. If its walls could talk, the Colored Musicians Club would speak of the power of jazz to bring all races together, the determination to overcome adversity, and the invaluable contributions of African Americans to our culture-especially in Buffalo, New York.The twenties roar again at the 5th annual GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL with 11 hours of dancing, lounging, n’ listening to nearly two dozen of NYC’s best hot jazz & swing bands… well over 100 musicians! With the press of a button, young aspiring artists make a musical instrument play.

#2ND ANNUAL QUEEN CITY JAZZ FEST ARCHIVE#

A multimedia archive tells the story of jazz legends who performed there. The club’s museum, designed by Hadley Exhibits in 2018, provides an interactive experience for visitors of all ages. The CMC brought people of all races together and inspired a new generation of musicians. It became a place for musicians of all colors to gather after their gigs to jam. Fortunately, the Colored Musicians Club was a separate entity from Local 533, so it offered Black artists performance opportunities. But the newly integrated union favored its White members. In 1969, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Local 533 was ordered to merge with the White union. World-renowned musicians like Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie mingled with the audience.

The club was incorporated in 1935, utilizing the second floor for performances, practice, and rehearsals.

Union President Raymond Jackson’s stellar managerial skills took him across America as a consultant to other Black Musicians’ Unions. Local 533 was the most fiscally responsible, socially progressive Black union in the country. Any Black musicians who wanted to perform in the area had to pay a fee to the union, whose offices were located on the first floor of the club. The following year, members formed a social club, which was chartered in 1935. Musicians’ Local 533 was formed in 1917 during a time when African Americans were not permitted to join the White union. It is the only continuously running, all-Black-owned music venue in the United States. Our History Designated as a historical landmark and a historical preservation site, the history of The Colored Musicians Club is one of triumph over adversity, pride in African-American heritage, excellence in performance, and inclusiveness.

2nd annual queen city jazz fest