Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club not only wants to keep its business afloat, it wants to expand.

For 73 years, Wally’s Cafe has provided a warm, intimate space for Bostonians to enjoy live jazz music on a nightly basis. First opened by Joseph Walcott in 1947, the family-owned business has also been a proving ground for the city’s young musicians, many of whom hone their craft during those evening sessions at the South End institution.

The coronavirus pandemic has put all of that on hold for now. But that hasn’t stopped general manager Frank Poindexter, the grandson of Joseph Walcott and son of current owner Elynor Walcott, from thinking big.

With the help of a GoFundMe campaign created by his daughters Jordan and Jalisa, Poindexter is trying to turn a long-held dream of his into reality by creating a multi-purpose production facility called the “Student to Student Music Cafe” that will serve as a resource Boston’s next generation of musicians.

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