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Author Josephson, Barney.

Title Cafe Society : the wrong place for the right people / Barney Josephson ; with Terry Trilling-Josephson ; foreword by Dan Morgenstern.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 376 pages, [46] pages of plates) : illustrations.
Series Music in American life
Music in American life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-364) and index.
Contents Nightclub like no other -- Brother can you spare a dime? -- Riding the crest -- Bloody but unbowed -- Beginning again: the cookery, 1955-82.
Summary Set against the drama of the Great Depression, the conflict of American race relations, and the inquisitions of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Cafe Society tells the personal history of Barney Josephson, proprietor of the legendary interracial New York City night clubs Cafe Society Downtown and Cafe Society Uptown and their successor, The Cookery. Famously known as "the wrong place for the Right people," Cafe Society featured the cream of jazz and blues performers--among whom were Billie Holiday, boogie-woogie pianists, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Big Sid Catlett, and Mary Lou Williams--as well as comedy stars Imogene Coca, Zero Mostel, and Jack Gilford, and also gospel and folk singers. A trailblazer in many ways, Josephson welcomed black and white artists alike to perform for mixed audiences in a venue whose walls were festooned with artistic and satiric murals lampooning what was then called "high society." Featuring scores of photographs that illustrate the vibrant cast of characters in Josephson's life, this exceptional book speaks richly about Cafe Society's revolutionary innovations and creativity, inspired by the vision of one remarkable man.
Note Print version record.
Subject Josephson, Barney.
Café Society (Nightclub)
Impresarios -- United States -- Biography.
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Added Author Trilling-Josephson, Terry.
Other Form: Print version: 9780252034138
ISBN 0252095839 (electronic bk.)
9780252095832 (electronic bk.)
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