Inside Jefferson Street Sound headquarters
While kudos have rightly gone to the new National Museum of African American Music, no one should overlook the immense contribution made to local and national Black music history by Lorenzo Washington’s remarkable Jefferson Street Sound Museum. Opened in 2013, the space is covered floor-to-ceiling with memorabilia, art and photographs of the jazz, R&B, blues and soul musicians who played in the storied clubs on Jefferson Street — who in many cases Washington knew and hung out with. He knows the history better than almost anyone, and if you’ve got the time and inclination, he’s got plenty of stories to share.
