Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club was a night club in

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, United States, located at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and National, near what is now

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. Sebastian ran the club from 1926 until 1938. Performers at the club included jazz musicians like

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

and

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. According to a '' Daily News'' article published in 1953, the music was in part intended to cover up the sound of the illegal casino operating upstairs.

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History of Culver City, California Defunct jazz clubs in California 1926 establishments in California 1938 disestablishments in California {{Jazz-club-stub

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