DeLuxe Night Club (1928-1935)
Introduction
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Businessman and jazz promoter Joe Glaser operated this small live music venue from 1928 to 1935. During those years, the small but lavishly decorated club hosted the leading bands in Kansas City from Charlie Parker to Bennie Moten. The club was open to all patrons, and given its small size, was closer to being truly integrated than the larger clubs that restricted African Americans to the balcony.
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This photograph was part of a collage of Kansas City nightclubs in a 1935 newsletter
