Stress reduction maneuver, inspired by an illustration I saw in a magazine.

#Drawing #ColoredPencils #Handmade #Art #CottonClub #Jazz #SwingTime

#OTD (June 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Madden is in court after #CottonClub closure, #BronxNY watches Iamascia & Scalise funerals, #Terranova pledges to give up mansion, Zwillman surrenders in #NewJersey, #Trafficante is briefly released in #Havana, #Valachi beats fellow prisoner, #Spilotro grave is found in #Indiana, Salemme & Weadick are convicted.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Discussed in our recent article on Charlie Lucky and Owen Madden, George Emile “Big Frenchy Demange” Jeandemange is a memorable figure from #NewYork #Prohibition Era gangland. Fans of the 1984 film, The #CottonClub, surely remember Fred Gwynne's portrayal of Frenchy as the tough but endearing partner of “Owney the Killer” Madden (played by Bob Hoskins)

Learn about Big Frenchy:
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/more-on-owneys-pal-jeandemange?r=12oapz

#NYC #gangsters #MafiaHistory @[email protected]
More on Owney's pal Jeandemange

'Big Frenchy' was a memorable New York gangland figure

MobHistory

Steht der Hamburger Cotton Club vor dem Aus?

Es gibt finanzielle Probleme im Cotton Club. Zwar fördert Hamburg seine Live-Clubs - das Clubkombinat fordert jedoch mehr.

https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Steht-der-Hamburger-Cotton-Club-vor-dem-Aus,hamj152344.html

#Hamburg #CottonClub #Club #Clubkombinat #liveMusik #Clubsterben #Klubkultur #HamburgJournal

Steht der Hamburger Cotton Club vor dem Aus?

Es gibt finanzielle Probleme im Cotton Club. Zwar fördert Hamburg seine Live-Clubs - das Clubkombinat fordert jedoch mehr.

NDR Mediathek

In today's music post, I'm discussing the life & times of one of the true giants of Jazz, Mr. Duke Ellington. From playing at rent parties and The Cotton Club, to helping to introduce Jazz, Big Band and Swing, Sir Duke did it all!

The Sultan of Swing: The Story of Jazz for Beginners like Me…Song #4: Creole Love Call by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ft. Adelaide Hall https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/04/15/the-sultan-of-swing-the-story-of-jazz-for-beginners-like-mesong-4-creole-love-call-by-duke-ellington-and-his-orchestra-ft-adelaide-hall/ #BillyStrayhorn, #CottonClub, #CreoleLoveCall, #DukeEllington, #Jazz, #TheStoryOfJazzForBeginnersLikeMe

The Sultan of Swing: The Story of Jazz for Beginners like Me…Song #4: Creole Love Call by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ft. Adelaide Hall

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in 1899. He grew up in Washington, D.C. Both of his parents played the piano so, not surprisingly, young Edward grew up in a home that was filled with all sorts of…

Tom MacInnes, Writer

Song of the Day December 25 2023

In remembrance of the birth of Cabell Calloway III bka Cab Calloway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway

Cab Calloway - "Minnie The Moocher"

https://youtu.be/bfsooIT9g_A?si=V8R-vWzg7BMSnNYh

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #December25 #CabCalloway #MinnieTheMoocher #BigBand #Jazz #Music #CottonClub #Harlem #Baltimore #1930s

Cab Calloway - Wikipedia

Song of the Day December 25 2023

In remembrance of the birth of Cabell Calloway III bka Cab Calloway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway

Cab Calloway - "Minnie The Moocher"

https://youtu.be/bfsooIT9g_A?si=V8R-vWzg7BMSnNYh

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #December25 #CabCalloway #MinnieTheMoocher #BigBand #Jazz #Music #CottonClub #Harlem #Baltimore #1930s

Cab Calloway - Wikipedia

#OTD in 1914: Owen Madden and the Gophers Gang of Manhattan's West Side put rival William "Patsy Doyle" Moore on the spot. (Madden narrowly escaped the electric chair for this killing. In later life, he was a part owner of Harlem's #CottonClub.)

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/11/lost-his-love-and-then-lost-his-life.html

#CrimeHistory #NYC #Gangsters #Histodons

Lost his love and then lost his life

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

The Writers of Wrongs

John Primer - eine Blues-Legende im Hamburger Cotton Club

In der Szene ist der Musiker John Primer eine Legende. Am Montag spielte das Blues-Urgestein im Cotton Club in der Neustadt.

https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/John-Primer-eine-Blues-Legende-im-Hamburger-Cotton-Club,hamj140950.html

#Hamburg #CottonClub #JohnPrimer #HelgeSachs #Clubszene #Jazz #HamburgJournal

John Primer - eine Blues-Legende im Hamburger Cotton Club

In der Szene ist der Musiker John Primer eine Legende. Am Montag spielte das Blues-Urgestein im Cotton Club in der Neustadt.

NDR Mediathek