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Dreamland Hall, located on the second floor of the Jewell Building, was a long-time club for big bands and jazz in Omaha. Included among those who played there were Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton. James Jewell, Jr., who managed Dreamland until it closed in the 1960’s, booked the original Nat King Cole Trio for $25 per man. An influential man in the black community, James Jewell allowed activist Whitney Young to speak at Dreamland Hall about the civil rights movement in America. Today the renovated Jewell Building is used for offices and apartments. (This building is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places.)
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