Amid the cookie-cutter brownstones on Mass Ave in Boston’s South End, one entrance stands out. A quirky sign and black saxophone cut-out dangles above a bright red door, which leads to the underground Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club.

As the first Black-owned jazz club in New England, Wally’s was founded in 1947 by Joseph L. Walcott, who immigrated to Boston from Barbados in 1910. Now, nearly 75 years later, the club remains under the family name. Walcott’s daughter, Elynor, serves as the owner while her three sons have taken over managing the bar, including GM Frank Poindexter.

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