Pershing Hotel club (Pershing Lounge / Budland)

CTL-E-0959 · Venue · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Hotel complex with ballroom, first-floor lounge, and basement club Budland; first a jazz club (Arnett Cobb, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday), later booked R&B acts. Secondary account only.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-044; source research type(s): nightlife venue. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=297184&p=1983832; https://www.jazzmessengers.com/nl/8407/ahmad-jamal/legendary-1958-pershing-lounge-and-spotlite-club
https://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/c.php?g=297184&p=1983832; https://www.beachwoodreporter.com/music/post_13/
https://www.beachwoodreporter.com/music/post_13/

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