Running a music venue is hard work. It’s also risky — many venues don’t make it. But for almost eighty years, Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club has not only survived, but thrived in Boston.
Wally’s was opened in 1947 by a Barbadian immigrant named Joseph L. Walcott, and it’s still owned and operated by his family.
For our Sense of Place: Boston series, Walcott’s great-grandson Frank Poindexter welcomes you into Wally’s and shares the club’s story. He’ll talk about how Boston, a city full of talented music students, has shaped Wally’s. He’ll also talk about how Wally’s has shaped Boston — and helped start a wave of integration when it first opened as a place where black and white people could listen to jazz together…