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The Colored Musicians Club
1918
Buffalo, New York
Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Black musicians shut out of the white local formed their own union and then a club above the hall, and it is the oldest continuously operating Black-owned jazz club in the country. Ellington, Gillespie and Holiday all played it after hours.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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