The Rev. Bettie Kennedy remembers the dance steps -- the "Swing Out" and the "Slow Drag." Their memories date back to the heyday of the East Texas Cotton Club in Lufkin, when many of the greatest ...

Directed by Academy Award-winning Francis Ford Coppola, The Cotton Club has been restored from its 1984 version. The film starred Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, ...

CD1: Swing Session; Medley: Solitude; In A Sentimental Mood; Harmony In Harlem; If You Were In My Place; Mood Indigo; East St. Louis Toodl-Oo; Oh Babe, Maybe Someday; Dinah’s In A Jam; If Dreams Come ...

We want to acknowledge a couple of factual mistakes in the Cotton Club interstitial which last aired on July 19, 2010. First, the Cotton Club did not launch Ella Fitzgerald’s career. At the age of 15, ...

Cars packed the bright green manicured lawn outside the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center. Inside, guests bumped elbows at more than 10 tables set up in the main hall of the historic building.

Actor Maurice Hines, a tap dancer and choreographer who showcased his skills alongside his late younger brother Gregory in “The Cotton Club,” died Friday. He was 80. The Tony Award nominee died of ...

Images of cultural and human rights' icons as well as notable and groundbreaking musicians are featured in the "Unapologetic" exhibit on display at the Cottom Club Museum and Cultural Center. The ...

Sarah McKnight’s legacy will always have roots intertwined with the Gainesville community. As an African American woman whose impact as a musician, businesswoman and prominent nightclub owner was ...

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