From the 1930s through the 70s, Black elders remember the Sunset Lounge in West Palm's Historic Northwest District as a place where jazz legends performed — Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, to name a few. And now the cultural gem has reopened after sitting idle for nearly two years.

It’s pure “nostalgia,” said Gregory Dillard, a West Palm Beach-based cinematographer and director, who was among the locals who grew up experiencing its history in different eras.

“What's great for me to see is some of the people that are older than me or that are my age, that used to come here all the time.” Dillard said. “And to see the expression on their face, how they're really surprised to see the renovations that are taking place here."

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Boney James sere

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