Title:

Colored Musicians Club

Description:

Organized in 1918 and chartered in 1935, the Colored Musicians Club has long provided rehearsal space and social opportunities for Buffalo's African American musicians. From its beginning, it hosted jam sessions with some of the foremost jazz artists in the country, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford and Ella Fitzgerald. The club bought this building in 1944, and rented space to Local 533, American Federation of Musicians, the Colored Musicians Union of Buffalo. When Local 533 merged with the white Local 43 in 1969, ownership of this building by the club insured its survival as a thriving institution.

Erected by:

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo State College, Buffalo Musicians' Union, Local A F of M, 1998

Location:

South side of Broadway between Michigan and Elm.