Stanford music scholar redefines the jazz and cabaret culture of 1920s Harlem

Research by Stanford musicology Ph.D. candidate Nate Sloan is highlighting the largely forgotten racist history of a legendary musical venue. A fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, Sloan is studying the ramifications of a major paradox of the Cotton Club and similar Harlem cabarets: While black musicians provided the club's entertainment, black patrons were altogether barred from the shows. Read more about Nate Sloan's research in Tanu Wakefield's article from Stanford Report.