1073 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Opened January 7, 1965.
Capacity 124.
Owned by Tommy Gwaltney (1965-1969), Bill Cannon (1969-1973), John Bunyan (1973-2003), Harry Schnipper (2003-). Manager Tim Colgan (1965-), Gene Hart (1974), John Dimitriou (1976-1977), Wanda Fears (1980), Ralph Camilli (1985-2008-), Kris O’Connor Ross (2015). Booking manager Bob Israel (1983).
One feature that distinguished Blues Alley from other Washington clubs in early years was that it had a house band of local musicians that backed visiting “single” performers.
1965 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), Newton Thomas (p), Norman Williams (b) (WP 1/15/65 p.D11)
1966 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), John Phillips (p), Keter Betts (b), Bertell Knox (d) (WP 11/6/66 p.G7)
1968 house band: Tommy Gwaltney (cl, vbs), Steve Jordan (g), John Phillips (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), Bertell Knox (d)
1969, house band reduced from quintet to quartet: drummer Bertell Knox dropped. (WES 1/4/69 p.12)
1970 house band: Steve Jordan (g), John Eaton (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), Tommy Moropoulis (d)
1971 house band: John Eaton (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), George ‘Dude’ Brown (d). As of October 26, 1971, the club discontinued the house band entirely. Dixieland, including guitarist Steve Jordan featured on Mondays. (WES 10/9/71 p.12)
1976 house band: John Phillips (p), Billy Taylor, Jr. (b), unk d
1986 saw the formation of the Blues Alley Music Society, sponsor of the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. Harry Schnipper was executive director of the society. He later became owner of the club. A Baltimore location, Blues Alley Supper Club, opened in September 1988. Japanese locations were scheduled to open in 1990 in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kyoto.
Recordings by Tommy Chase (1960s?), Cliff Jackson (1965), Tommy Gwaltney (1965-1966), Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith (1970), George Shearing (1979), Bill Harris (1982), Wynton Marsalis (1986), Ahmad Jamal (1991), Hugh Masekela (1993), Jerry Gonzalez (1996), Ron Kearns (1999), Rick Wurzbacher (2001), George Colligan (2002), Hod O’Brien (2004), Mark Taylor & Steve Fidyk (2005).
Artists
- Tommy Gwaltney (1965)
- Lurlean Hunter (1965)
- Peanuts Hucko (1965)
- Billy Butterfield (1965)
- Louise Tobin (1965)
- Maxine Sullivan (1965)
- Buck Hill (1965)
- Toots Thielemans (1965)
- Bobby Hackett (1965)
- Lurlean Hunter (1965)
- Carol Sloane (1965)
- Peanuts Hucko (1965)
- Jimmy Rushing (1965)
- Roy Eldridge (1966)
- Joya Sherrill (1966)
- Pee Wee Russell (1966)
- Carol Sloane (1966)
- Marge Dodson (1966)
- Jimmy McPartland (1966)
- Marian McPartland (1966)
- Lurlean Hunter (1966)
- Bobby Hackett (1966)
- Henry ‘Red’ Allen (1966)
- Tommy Chase (1966)
- Tommy Gwaltney (1966)
- Jimmy McPartland (1966)
- Helen Merrill (1966)
- Buck Clayton (1966)
- Marge Dodson (1966)
- Henry ‘Red’ Allen (1966)
- Renee Morris (1967)
- Baby Laurence (1967)
- Clark Terry (1967)
- Renee Morris (1967)
- Charlie Shavers (1967)
- Lurlean Hunter (1967)
- Wild Bill Davison (1967)
- Big Chief Russell Moore (1967)
- Renee Morris (1967)
- John Dengler (1967)
- Marge Dodson (1967)
- Clark Terry (1967)
- Eddie Barefield (1967)
- Renee Morris (1967)
- Jimmy Rushing (1967)
- Wild Bill Davison (1967)
- Lurlean Hunter (1967)
- Charlie Shavers (1967)
- Janet Lawson (1967)
- Pee Wee Russell (1967)
- Renee Morris (1967)
- Tommy Gwaltney (1968)
- Wild Bill Davison (1968)
- Marge Dodson (1968)
- Big Chief Russell Moore (1968)
- Carol Sloane (1968)
- Wild Bill Davison (1968)
- Yank Lawson and Lou McGarity (1968)
- Marshall Brown (1968)
- Tommy Gwaltney (1968)
- Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1968)
- Clancy Hayes (1968)
- Urbie Green and Kathy Preston (1968)
- Yank Lawson and Benny Morton (1968)
- Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1968)
- Flip Phillips (1968)
- Dick McCormick (1968)
- Don Ewell (1969)
- Buck Clayton (1969)
- Jimmy Rushing (1969)
- Marian McPartland (1969)
- Maxine Sullivan (1969)
- Roy Eldridge (1969)
- Marian McPartland (1969)
- Teddy Wilson (1969)
- Steve Jordan (1969)
- Urbie Green (1969)
- Zoot Sims (1970)
- Willie the Lion Smith (1970)
- Buck Clayton (1970)
- Ray Bryant (1970)
- Bobby Hackett (1970)
- Wally Garner (1970)
- Earl Hines (1970)
- Tyree Glenn (1970)
- Ray Nance (1970)
- Wild Bill Davison (1970)
- Jimmy McPartland (1971)
- Don Byas (1971)
- Mary Lou Williams (1971)
- Anita O’Day (1971)
- Maxine Sullivan (1971)
- Thad Jones (1971)
- Buddy Tate (1971)
- Monty Alexander (1971)
- Monty Alexander (1972)
- Sonny Stitt (1972)
- Earl Hines (1972)
- Blues Alley All Stars (1972)
- Chuck Mangione (1972)
- Teddi King (1972)
- Hal Posey (1972)
- Urbie Green (1972)
- Wild Bill Davison (1972)
- Ruby Braff (1972)
- Zoot Sims (1972)
- Maxine Sullivan (1972)
- Marian McPartland (1972)
- Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band (1972)
- Tyree Glenn (1972)
- Bobby Hackett (1972)
- Anita O’Day (1972)
- Al Cohn (1973)
- Marian McPartland (1973)
- Bobby Hackett and Vic Dickenson (1973)
- Monty Alexander (1973)
- Urbie Green (1973)
- Dick Wellstood (1973)
- Maxine Sullivan (1973)
- Zoot Sims (1973)
- Mary Lou Williams (1973)
- Hal Posey (1973)
- Carol Sloane (1973)
- Hal Posey (1973)
- Eddie Daniels (1973)
- Earl Hines (1973)
- Hal Posey (1974)
- Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (1974)
- Monty Alexander (1974)
- Richie Cole (1974)
- Marian McPartland (1974)
- Earl Hines (1974)
- Al Cohn (1974)
- Clark Terry (1974)
- Kenny Burrell (1974)
- Richie Cole (1974)
- Hal Posey (1974)
- Renee Morris (1974)
- Richie Cole (1974)
- Hal Posey (1974)
- Bobby Hackett (1975)
- Roy Eldridge (1975)
- Monty Alexander (1975)
- Teddy Wilson (1975)
- Milt Jackson (1975)
- Maxine Sullivan (1975)
- Clark Terry (1975)
- Earl Hines (1975)
- Zoot Sims (1975)
- Buddy Tate and Wild Bill Davis (1975)
- Joe Venuti (1975)
- Kenny Burrell (1975)
- Red Norvo (1975)
- Marian McPartland (1975)
- Richie Cole (1975)
- Milt Jackson (1975)
- Urbie Green (1976)
- Junior Mance (1976)
- Bobby Hackett (1976)
- Clea Bradford (1976)
- Monty Alexander (1976)
- Charlie Byrd (1976)
- Ray Bryant (1976)
- Peanuts Hucko (1976)
- Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis (1976)
- Earl Hines (1976)
- Tee Carson (1976)
- Kenny Burrell (1976)
- Monumental Jazz Band (1976)
- Tee Carson (1976)
- John Lewis (1976)
- Monumental Jazz Band (1976)
- Milt Jackson (1976)
- Kai Winding (1976)
- Dick Hyman (1976)
- Gap Mangione (1976)
- Clark Terry (1976)
- Joe Venuti (1976)
- Carol Sloane (1976)
- Flip Phillips (1976)
- Ray Bryant (1976)
- Joe Puma and Chuck Wayne (1976)
- Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (1976)
- Hal Posey (1976)
- Zoot Sims (1976)
- Urbie Green (1976)
- Bucky Pizzarelli (1976)
- Clea Bradford (1976)
- Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart (1976)
- Peanuts Hucko (1976)
- Buck Clayton and Scott Hamilton (1976)
- Gap Mangione (1976)
- Buddy DeFranco (1976)
- Joe Venuti (1976)
- Urbie Green (1976)
- East Coast Offering (1976)
- Ray Bryant (1976)
- Barbara Carroll (1976)
- Cedar Walton (1976)
- Art Blakey (1976)
- East Coast Offering (1976)
- Ahmad Jamal (1976)
- Ron Douglas (1976)
- Marc Copland (1977)
- Milt Jackson (1977)
- Betty Carter (1977)
- Nat Adderley (1977)
- Hank Crawford (1977)
- Ron Carter (1977)
- Stan Getz (1977)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1977)
- Heath Brothers (1977)
- Earl Hines (1977)
- Sonny Fortune (1977)
- Roland Kirk (1977)
- Billy Eckstine (1977)
- Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (1977)
- Ahmad Jamal (1977)
- Sonny Stitt (1977)
- Betty Carter (1977)
- Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (1977)
- McCoy Tyner (1977)
- East Coast Offering (1977)
- Seawind (1977)
- Charlie Rouse (1977)
- Ernestine Anderson (1977)
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1977)
- Horace Silver (1977)
- Marshall Hawkins (1977)
- Carmen McRae (1977)
- Ron Douglas (1977)
- Art Blakey (1977)
- Marshall Hawkins (1977)
- Earl Klugh (1977)
- Art Farmer (1977)
- Tim Eyermann (1977)
- Don Ellis (1977)
- East Coast Offering (1977)
- Tim Eyermann (1977)
- Stan Getz (1977)
- Jim Hall (1977)
- Lockjaw Davis and Sweets Edison (1977)
- Tim Eyermann (1977)
- Dukes of Dixieland (1977)
- Tim Eyermann (1977)
- Blue Mitchell and Harold Land (1977)
- Marc Copland (1977)
- New York Jazz Quartet and Carol Sloane (1977)
- Marc Copland (1977)
- Lionel Hampton (1977)
- Milt Jackson (1977)
- Marc Copland (1977)
- East Coast Offering (1977)
- Hal Galper (1977)
- Heath Brothers (1977)
- Joe Venuti (1977)
- Tim Eyermann (1977)
- Joe Henderson (1977)
- Paul Bley (1977)
- Bill Evans (1977) – canceled?
- Buck Hill and Bernard Sweetney (1977)
- Billy Eckstine (1977)
- Woody Shaw (1977)
- Carmen McRae (1977)
- Cecil Taylor (1977)
- Ahmad Jamal (1977)
- Mary Lou Williams (1977)
- Howard Roberts and John Hicks (1977)
- Stan Getz (1977)
- Bobby Hutcherson (1977)
- Jim Hall and Red Mitchell (1977)
- McCoy Tyner (1977)
- Hank Jones and John Lewis (1977)
- Betty Carter (1977)
- Chet Baker (1977)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1977)
- Ron Douglas (1977)
- Art Blakey (1978)
- Joe Pass (1978)
- New York Jazz Quartet (1978)
- Hank Crawford (1978)
- Joe Venuti (1978)
- Ted Curson (1978)
- Ron Carter (1978)
- Max Roach (1978)
- Kenny Burrell (1978)
- Red Norvo (1978)
- Urbie Green (1978)
- Jackie Cain and Roy Kral (1978)
- Louie Bellson (1978)
- Monty Alexander (1978)
- Billy Eckstine (1978)
- Clea Bradford (1978)
- Hal Galper (1978)
- Clark Terry (1978)
- Horace Silver (1978)
- Steve Kuhn (1978)
- L.A. Four (1978)
- Teddy Wilson (1978)
- Dexter Gordon (1978)
- Al Grey (1978)
- Sonny Stitt (1978)
- Milt Jackson (1978)
- Max Roach (1978)
- McCoy Tyner (1978)
- Lou Donaldson (1978)
- Tim Eyermann (1978)
- Heath Brothers (1979)
- Eddie Jefferson (1979)
- Sheila Jordan (1979)
- Urbie Green (1979)
- Stars of the Future (1979)
- Stan Getz (1979)
- Jaki Byard (1979)
- Jimmy McPartland and Marian McPartland (1979)
- Elvin Jones (1979)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1979)
- Swingworks (1979)
- Max Roach (1979)
- Helen Humes (1979)
- Art Farmer (1979)
- Swingworks (1979)
- Dexter Gordon (1979)
- Earl Hines (1979)
- Wallace Roney (1979)
- Yolande Bavan (1979)
- Clea Bradford (1980)
- Heath Brothers (1980)
- Chris Connor (1980)
- Clark Terry (1980)
- Hugh Masekela (1980)
- Joe Williams (1980)
- Betty Carter (1980)
- Stan Getz (1980)
- John Abercrombie (1980)
- Carmen McRae (1980)
- Milt Jackson (1980)
- Joe Pass (1980)
- Jackie Cain and Roy Kral (1980)
- Morgana King (1980)
- Mary Lou Williams (1980)
- Dexter Gordon (1980)
- Clark Terry (1980)
- Max Roach (1980)
- Stan Getz (1980)
- Pat Metheny (1980)
- Sonny Fortune (1981)
- Art Blakey (1981)
- Stan Getz (1981)
- Freddie Hubbard (1981)
- Dexter Gordon (1981)
- Joanne Brackeen (1981)
- Milt Jackson (1981)
- Esther Satterfield (1982)
- Stef Scaggieri (1982)
- Stanley Turrentine (1982)
- McCoy Tyner (1982)
- Stan Getz (1982)
- Freddie Hubbard (1982)
- Joe Pass (1983)
- Jean Carn (1983)
- Esther Phillips (1983)
- Sunday Morning Jazz Band (1983)
- Wynton Marsalis (1983)
- Bill Potts (1983)
- Betty Carter (1983)
- Jimmy McGriff (1983)
- Bobbi Humphrey (1983)
- Jon Lucien (1983)
- Port City Jazz Ensemble (1983)
- Tom Browne (1983)
- Heath Brothers (1983)
- Jon Lucien (1983)
- Bill Potts (1983)
- Ben Sidran (1984)
- Rare Silk (1984)
- Wynton Marsalis (1984)
- Phillip Manuel (1984)
- Herbie Mann (1984)
- Jesse Winchester (1984)
- Esther Phillips (1984
- Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie (1984)
- Anita Baker (1984)
- Roy Ayers (1984)
- Jaco Pastorious (1984)
- Phyllis Hyman (1984)
- Kenny Rankin (1984)
- Jerry Butler (1984)
- Lisa Rich (1984)
- Buddy Rich (1984)
- Tom Browne (1984)
- Brenda Jones (1984)
- Lonnie Liston Smith (1984)
- UDC Jazz Ensemble (1984)
- Jean Carn (1984)
- James Williams and Folger Theatre Shakespeare (1984)
- Bill Decker and Steve Jordan (1984)
- Maynard Ferguson (1984)
- Liz Story (1984)
- Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1984)
- Pharoah Sanders (1984)
- Mad Romance (1984)
- Terri Lyne Carrington (1984)
- Stan Getz (1984)
- Kenny G (1984)
- Harold Mann (1984)
- Ramsey Lewis (1984)
- Beverly Cosham (1984)
- Stanley Turrentine (1984)
- Bill Potts (1984)
- Rodney Franklin (1984)
- Woody Herman (1984)
- Jan Garbarek and Eberhard Weber (1984)
- Pat Metheny (1984)
- Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1984)
- Ahmad Jamal (1984)
- David Perry (1984)
- Hunter Davis (1984)
- Freddie Hubbard (1984)
- Barry Gurley (1984)
- K. Shalong (1984)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1984)
- Alive! (1984)
- Les McCann (1984)
- Junior Mance (1984)
- Milt Jackson and Ray Brown (1984)
- Michael Hedges and Darol Anger (1984)
- Joe Williams (1984)
- Jon Hendricks (1984)
- Stephane Grappelli (1984)
- Bob James (1984)
- Tom Browne (1984)
- Paula Hatcher (1984)
- Michel Petrucciani (1984)
- Billy Paul (1984)
- Noel Pointer, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith (1984)
- Artie Shaw Big Band (1984)
- War (1984)
- Larry Seals (1984)
- Maynard Ferguson (1984)
- Lisa Rich (1984)
- George Howard (1984)
- John Hicks (1984)
- Betty Carter (1984)
- Branford Marsalis (1984)
- Rare Silk (1984)
- Buddy Rich (1984)
- Count Basie (1984)
- Carmen McRae (1984)
- Jerry ‘The Iceman’ Butler (1984)
- Beverly Cosham (1984)
- Ahmad Jamal (1984)
- Jesse Winchester (1984)
- Jimmy Smith (1984)
- Brenda Jones (1984)
- Phyllis Hyman (1984)
- Chuck Mangione and Don Potter (1984)
- Chilites (1984)
- Roy Ayers and Noel Pointer (1984)
- Stanley Turrentine (1984)
- Jean Carn (1984)
- Woody Herman (1984)
- Ramsey Lewis (1984)
- Clea Bradford (1984)
- McCoy Tyner and John Abercrombie (1984)
- Claude Bolling (1984)
- Phoebe Snow (1984)
- Stanley Clarke (1984)
- Maura Sullivan (1984)
- Kenny Rankin (1984)
- Preston Reid (1984)
- Herbie Mann (1984)
- Lisa Rich (1984)
- Alive! (1984)
- Stan Getz (1984)
- Art Blakey (1984)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1984)
- Jaco Pastorius (1984)
- Dave Samuels and David Friedman (1984)
- Milt Jackson (1984)
- Hot Jazz (1984)
- Bill Potts (1984)
- Les McCann (1984)
- Taj Mahal (1984)
- Buddy Rich (1984)
- Maynard Ferguson (1984)
- Hot Jazz (1984)
- Rare Silk (1984)
- Wynton Marsalis (1984)
- Aztec 2-Step (1984)
- Maura Sullivan (1984)
- Paquito D’Rivera (1984)
- Pieces of a Dream (1984)
- Ahmad Jamal (1984)
- Shirley Horn (1984)
- Lee Oskar (1985)
- Flora Purim (1985)
- Ralph Towner (1985)
- Stephane Grappelli (1985)
- Stan Getz (1985)
- Wayne Shorter (1985)
- Mose Allison (1985)
- Nancy Callo (1986)
- Charlie Rouse (1986)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986)
- Kenny Rankin (1986)
- Loudon Wainwright (1986)
- Ink Spots (1986)
- Tania Maria (1986)
- Deater O’Neill (1986)
- Milt Jackson (1986)
- John Blake (1986)
- Widespread Jazz Orchestra (1986)
- Jaco Pastorius (1986)
- Hot Jazz (1986)
- Monty Alexander (1986)
- Tommy Cecil and Louis Scherr (1986)
- Jerry Butler (1986)
- Special EFX (1986)
- Great Guitars (1986)
- Egberto Gismonti (1986)
- McCoy Tyner (1986)
- Bill Evans (1986)
- Mel Torme (1986)
- Gloria Brown (1986)
- Maura Sullivan (1986)
- Maria Muldaur (1986)
- Pieces of a Dream (1986)
- Michael Hedges (1986)
- Ramsey Lewis (1986)
- Bill Potts (1986)
- Andrew White (1986)
- Juicy (1986)
- Pieces of a Dream (1986)
- Meredith D’Ambrosio (1986)
- Sarah Vaughan (1986)
- Dale Stein (1986)
- Nancy Wilson (1986)
- Liz Story (1986)
- Herbie Mann (1986)
- Sonny Rollins (1986)
- Joe Williams (1986)
- John Mayall (1986)
- Buddy Rich (1986)
- Billy Paul (1986)
- Stanley Jordan (1986)
- James Horowitz (1986)
- Charlie Byrd (1986)
- Maynard Ferguson (1986)
- Woody Herman (1986)
- Jean Carn (1986)
- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (1986)
- Stephane Grappelli (1986)
- Grazz Matazz (1986)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1986)
- Dr. John (1986)
- Puttin’ On The Ritz (1986)
- Chantilly High School Jazz Ensemble (1986)
- Stanley Turrentine (1986)
- Jan Garbarek (1986)
- WAMA Crosstown Charity Jam (1986)
- Gloria Brown (1986)
- Roy Ayers (1986)
- Bennie Wallace (1986)
- Buddy Guy and Junior Wells (1986)
- Susannah McCorkle (1986)
- Larry Carlton (1986)
- Barely White (1986)
- Paris Reunion Band (1986)
- Azymuth (1986)
- Astrud Gilberto (1986)
- Tower of Power (1986)
- Mad Romance (1986)
- Phyllis Hyman (1986)
- Kevin Eubanks (1986)
- O’Donel Levy (1986)
- Yellowjackets (1986)
- Roy Buchanan (1986)
- Jimmy Witherspoon (1986)
- Oregon (1986)
- War (1986)
- Flora Purim and Airto Moreira (1986)
- Steve Allen (1986)
- Harold Howland (1986)
- Ahmad Jamal (1986)
- John Blake (1986)
- Eddie Harris (1986)
- Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison (1986)
- Buddy Rich (1986)
- Albert King (1986)
- Maura Sullivan (1986)
- Makoto Ozone (1986)
- Jon Faddis (1986)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986)
- Brenda Files (1986)
- Michel Petrucciani (1986)
- Sadao Watanabe (1986)
- Gil Scott-Heron (1986)
- Chuck Mangione (1986)
- Mose Allison (1986)
- Susan Goldstein (1986)
- Henry Butler (1986)
- Jennifer Holliday (1986)
- Nasar Abadey (1986)
- George Shearing and Joe Pass (1986)
- Eclipse (1986)
- John Blake, Didier Lockwood, Michal Urbaniak
- Dave Holland (1986)
- Tony Williams (1986)
- John Scofield (1986)
- Charlie Byrd (1986)
- Jon Metzger (1986)
- Sarah Vaughan (1986)
- Art Monroe (1986)
- Maynard Ferguson (1986)
- Pieces of a Dream (1986)
- Dwight Talley (1986)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1986)
- Maria Muldaur (1986)
- Ramsey Lewis (1986)
- David Grisman and Svend Asmussen (1986)
- Wayne Shorter (1986)
- Mad Romance (1986)
- Mel Torme (1986)
- Dwight Talley (1986)
- Dr. John (1986)
- Stanley Turrentine (1986)
- Carla Bley (1986)
- Barbara Cook (1986)
- Brenda Files (1986)
- Liz Story (1986)
- Lonnie Liston Smith (1986)
- Herbie Mann (1986)
- Oregon (1986)
- Buddy Rich (1986)
- Phyllis Hyman (1986)
- Woody Herman (1986)
- Charlie Byrd (1986)
- Jon Simon (1986)
- Blues Alley Youth Orchestra (1986)
- Wynton Marsalis (1986)
- Maura Sullivan (1986)
- Ahmad Jamal (1986)
- Keter Betts (1986)
- Stan Getz (1987)
- Joe Henderson (1990)
Blues Alley
WP 1/15/65 p.D11
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WES 1/28/65 p.B11
Lurlean Hunter at Blues Alley
WP 3/28/65 p.G7
Peanuts Hucko at Blues Alley
WES 4/25/65 p.F4
Billy Butterfield at Blues Alley
WP 6/6/65 p.G6
Maxine Sullivan at Blues Alley
WES 7/18/65 p.E9
Pee Wee Russell at Blues Alley
WP 3/25/66 p.B17
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WP 9/4/66 p.G4
Jimmy McPartland at Blues Alley
WP 10/23/66 p.G7
Helen Merrill at Blues Alley
WP 10/30/66 p.G8
Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson at Blues Alley
WP 11/13/66 p.G6
Marge Dodson at Blues Alley
WP 11/27/66 p.G6
Renee Morris at Blues Alley
WES 3/26/67 p.C7
Charlie Shavers at Blues Alley
WES 11/19/67 p.F8
Wild Bill Davison at Blues Alley
WP 5/19/68 p.K6
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WP 6/30/68 p.G6
Buck Clayton at Blues Alley
WES 2/6/69 p.A17
Tyree Glenn at Blues Alley
WES 2/24/69 p.B11
Steve Jordan at Blues Alley
WES 6/10/69 p.A7
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WES 7/8/69 p.A7
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WES 7/17/69 p.C7
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WES 8/12/69 p.A5
Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley
WES 9/9/69 p.A7
Marian McPartland at Blues Alley
WES 9/11/69 p.A16
Wally Garner at Blues Alley
WES 7/2/70 p.C5
Gap Mangione at Blues Alley
WP 6/10/76 p.E13
Clark Terry at Blues Alley
WES 6/27/76 p.C4
Gap Mangione at Blues Alley
WP 10/17/76 p.F6
Buddy DeFranco at Blues Alley
WP 10/24/76 p.H2, 10/27/76 p.C13, 10/29/76 p.B10
Urbie Green at Blues Alley
WP 11/14/76 p.K9
Earl Hines at Blues Alley
WP 3/9/77 p.B10
Esther Satterfield at Blues Alley
WP 3/17/82 p.B16
Carmen McRae at Blues Alley
WP 4/11/82 p.H2
Esther Phillips at Blues Alley
WP 1/19/83 p.B10
Tom Browne at Blues Alley
WP 2/25/83 p.WK12
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 1/2/72 p.E7
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 1/9/72 p.G7
Sonny Stitt at Blues Alley
WP 1/30/72 p.G8
Earl Hines at Blues Alley
WP 2/6/72 p.G7
Blues Alley All Stars at Blues Alley
WP 2/13/72 p.G8
Chuck Mangione at Blues Alley
WP 2/20/72 p.P6
Teddy King at Blues Alley
WP 2/27/72 p.H10
Hal Posey at Blues Alley
WP 3/5/72 p.G8
Urbie Green at Blues Alley
WP 3/12/72 p.K8
Wild Bill Davison at Blues Alley
WP 3/19/72 p.G8
Wild Bill Davison at Blues Alley
WP 3/26/72 p.K8
Ruby Braff at Blues Alley
WP 4/2/72 p.K8
Zoot Sims at Blues Alley
WP 4/9/72 p.E10
Maxine Sullivan at Blues Alley
WP 4/16/72 p.L6
Marian McPartland at Blues Alley
WP 4/23/72 p.E6
Original Washington Monumental Jazz Band at Blues Alley
WP 4/30/72 p.L7
Tyree Glenn at Blues Alley
WP 5/7/72 p.E8
Bobby Hackett at Blues Alley
WP 5/14/72 p.E8
Sylvia Sims at Blues Alley
WP 5/21/72 p.G9
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 5/28/72 p.F10
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 6/4/72 p.G10
Clark Terry at Blues Alley
WP 6/11/72 p.F8
James Moody at Blues Alley
WP 6/18/72 p.K8
Dee Brown at Blues Alley
WP 6/25/72 p.G4
Don Ewell at Blues Alley
WP 7/2/72 p.F5
Tchoupitoulas Street Six at Blues Alley
WP 7/9/72 p.K6
Tchoupitoulas Street Six at Blues Alley
WP 7/16/72 p.G8
Tchoupitoulas Street Six at Blues Alley
WP 7/23/72 p.H4
Don Ewell & Bill Napier at Blues Alley
WP 7/30/72 p.F7
Don Ewell and Bill Napier at Blues Alley
WP 8/6/72 p.F7; WP 8/13/72 p.L8; WP 8/20/72 p.L6; WP 8/27/72 p.K8
Shirley Horn at Blues Alley
WP 9/3/72 p.N9
Wild Bill Davison at Blues Alley
WP 9/10/72 p.G10
Wild Bill Davison at Blues Alley
WP 9/17/72 p.K10
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 9/24/72 p.F8
Zoot Sims at Blues Alley
WP 10/8/72 p.N10
Urbie Green at Blues Alley
WP 10/15/72 p.L7
Bobby Hackett at Blues Alley
WP 10/22/72 p.L10
Earl Hines at Blues Alley
WP 10/29/72 p.L10
Sol Yaged at Blues Alley
WP 11/5/72 p.G10
Eddie Daniels at Blues Alley
WP 11/12/72 p.K9
Blues Alley All Stars at Blues Alley
WP 11/19/72 p.L7
Anita O'Day at Blues Alley
WP 11/26/72 p.H9
Richie Cole at Blues Alley
WP 12/3/72 p.E11
Max Kaminsky at Blues Alley
WP 12/10/72 p.H5
Richie Cole at Blues Alley
WP 12/17/72 p.G14
Betty Carter at Blues Alley
WP 1/16/77 p.E4
Ron Carter at Blues Alley
WP 2/9/77 p.B10
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 2/23/77 p.B7
Earl Hines at Blues Alley
WP 3/9/77 p.B10
Sonny Fortune at Blues Alley
WP 3/13/77 p.G4
Rahsaan Roland Kirk at Blues Alley
WP 3/20/77 p.F7
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 4/17/77 p.N6
Sonny Stitt at Blues Alley
WP 4/24/77 p.H5
Betty Carter at Blues Alley
WP 5/4/77 p.D15
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 5/8/77 p.E8
McCoy Tyner at Blues Alley
WP 5/11/77 p.B13
East Coast Offering at Blues Alley
WP 5/15/77 p.H6
Charlie Rouse at Blues Alley
WP 5/22/77 p.L7
Marshall Hawkins at Blues Alley
WP 6/5/77 p.M2
Carmen McRae at Blues Alley
WP 6/8/77 p.B12
Art Blakey at Blues Alley
WP 6/15/77 p.B12
Marshall Hawkins at Blues Alley
WP 6/19/77 p.E4
Tim Eyermann at Blues Alley
WP 7/3/77 p.K4
Tim Eyermann at Blues Alley
WP 7/10/77 p.H4
Jim Hall at Blues Alley
WP 7/17/77 p.F6
Lockjaw Davis and Sweets Edison at Blues Alley
WP 7/20/77 p.B8
Tim Eyermann at Blues Alley
WP 7/24/77 p.H4
Tim Eyermann at Blues Alley
WP 7/31/77 p.E6
Blue Mitchell and Harold Land at Blues Alley
WP 8/3/77 p.B9
Marc Copland at Blues Alley
WP 8/7/77 p.G5
Marc Copland at Blues Alley
WP 8/14/77 p.E4
Lionel Hampton at Blues Alley
WP 8/19/77 p.B8
Joe Venuti at Blues Alley
WP 9/21/77 p.D12
Tim Eyermann at Blues Alley
WP 9/25/77 p.H3
Buck Hill and Bernard Sweetney at Blues Alley
WP 10/5/77 p.D11
Billy Eckstine at Blues Alley
WP 10/7/77 p.WK16
Charles Mingus at Blues Alley
WP 10/9/77 p.H4
Billy Eckstine at Blues Alley
WP 10/14/77 p.WK17
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 11/2/77 p.B10
Jim Hall and Red Mitchell at Blues Alley
WP 11/21/77 p.C8
McCoy Tyner at Blues Alley
WP 11/27/77 p.K6
Betty Carter at Blues Alley
WP 12/6/77 p.B10
Chet Baker at Blues Alley
WP 12/14/77 p.D10
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 12/18/77 p.L13, 12/27/77 p.B8, 12/28/77 p.B8, 12/30/77 p.WK7
January 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 1/79 p.25
February 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 2/79 p.29
March 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 3/79 p.30
April 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 4/79 p.65
May 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 5/79 p.51
June 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 6/79 p.49
September 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 9/79 p.74
October 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 10/79 p.57
November 1979 at Blues Alley
UT 11/79 p.76
January 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 1/81 p.42
February 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 2/81 p.50
March 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 3/81 p.50
April 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 4/81 p.52
May 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 5/81 p.44
June 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 6/81 p.47
July 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 7/81 p.39
August 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 8/81 p.33
September 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 9/81 p.41
October 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 10/81 p.56
November 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 11/81 p.4
December 1981 at Blues Alley
UT 12/81 p.41
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 9/25/81 p.WK12
Lonnie Liston Smith at Blues Alley
Paquito D'Rivera at Blues Alley
Noel Pointer at Blues Alley
Joe Pass at Blues Alley
Jimmy Smith at Blues Alley
Stan Getz at Blues Alley
Ramsey Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 11/17/81 p.B12
Dexter Gordon at Blues Alley
Arthur Prysock at Blues Alley
WP 12/4/81 p.WK15
Ben Sidran at Blues Alley
WP 1/1/84 p.F2
Rare Silk at Blues Alley
WP 1/8/84 p.D4
Phillip Manuel at Blues Alley
WP 1/15/84 p.K6
Jesse Winchester at Blues Alley
WP 1/22/84 p.K4
Esther Phillips at Blues Alley
WP 1/29/84 p.C7
Roy Ayers at Blues Alley
WP 2/5/84 p.H7
Phyllis Hyman at Blues Alley
WP 2/12/84 p.L4
Jerry Butler at Blues Alley
WP 2/19/84 p.L5
Tom Browne at Blues Alley
WP 2/26/84 p.K7
Lonnie Liston Smith at Blues Alley
WP 3/4/84 p.F8
Jean Carn at Blues Alley
WP 3/11/84 p.G8
Liz Story at Blues Alley
WP 3/18/84 p.L7
Pharoah Sanders at Blues Alley
WP 3/25/84 p.H8
Stan Getz at Blues Alley
WP 4/1/84 p.L8
Ramsey Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 4/8/84 p.H7
Stanley Turrentine at Blues Alley
WP 4/15/84 p.H6
Rodney Franklin at Blues Alley
WP 04/22/84 p.F6
Pat Metheny at Blues Alley
WP 4/29/84 p.H6
David Perry at Blues Alley
WP 5/6/84 p.K6
Freddie Hubbard at Blues Alley
WP 5/13/84 p.H7
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 5/20/84 p.H10
Les McCann at Blues Alley
WP 5/27/84 p.K2
Milt Jackson and Ray Brown at Blues Alley
WP 6/3/84 p.K6
Joe Williams at Blues Alley
WP 6/10/84 p.H8
Stephane Grappelli at Blues Alley
WP 6/17/84 p.C6
Paula Hatcher at Blues Alley
WP 6/24/84 p.H6
Billy Paul at Blues Alley
WP 7/1/84 p.F7
Noel Pointer, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith at Blues Alley
WP 7/8/84 p.H6
War at Blues Alley
WP 7/15/84 p.H4
George Howard at Blues Alley
WP 7/22/84 p.G6
Betty Carter at Blues Alley
WP 7/29/84 p.H4
Rare Silk at Blues Alley
WP 8/5/84 pK4
Carmen McRae at Blues Alley
WP 8/12/84 p.H4
Jerry 'The Iceman' Butler at Blues Alley
WP 8/19/84 p.K4
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 8/26/84 p.K7
Jimmy Smith at Blues Alley
WP 9/2/84 p.H5
Phyllis Hyman at Blues Alley
WP 9/9/84 p.K6
Chilites at Blues Alley
WP 9/16/84 p.D8
Stanley Turrentine at Blues Alley
WP 9/23/84 p.H8
Jean Carn at Blues Alley
WP 9/30/84 p.H7
Ramsey Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 10/7/84 p.L8
McCoy Tyner at Blues Alley
WP 10/14/84 p.G6
Phoebe Snow at Blues Alley
WP 10/21/84 p.F8
Kenny Rankin at Blues Alley
WP 10/28/84 p.H6
Herbie Mann at Blues Alley
WP 11/4/84 p.F5
Stan Getz at Blues Alley
WP 11/11/84 p.K7
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 11/18/84 p.H6
Milt Jackson at Blues Alley
WP 11/25/84 p.G5
Les McCann at Blues Alley
WP 12/2/84 p.H5
Maynard Ferguson at Blues Alley
WP 12/9/84 p.E7
Wynton Marsalis at Blues Alley
WP 12/16/84 p.K4
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 12/23/84 p.F4
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 12/30/84 p.K2
Mose Allison at Blues Alley
WP 1/5/86 p.G4
Kenny Rankin at Blues Alley
WP 1/12/86 p.K4
Tania Maria at Blues Alley
WP 1/19/86 p.D6
Milt Jackson at Blues Alley
WP 1/26/86 p.H5
Widespread Jazz Orchestra at Blues Alley
WP 1/29/86 p.B10
Jaco Pastorius at Blues Alley
WP 2/2/86 p.K6
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 2/5/86 p.C10
Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
WP 2/9/86 p.G4
Jerry Butler at Blues Alley
WP 2/16/86 p.F4
Great Guitars at Blues Alley
WP 2/23/86 p.K4
McCoy Tyner and Andrew White at Blues Alley
WP 3/2/86 p.G4
Mel Torme at Blues Alley
WP 2/21/86 p.WK20, 3/2/86 p.A11
Pieces of a Dream at Blues Alley
WP 3/16/86 p.G4
Ramsey Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 3/21/86 p.WK24, 3/23/86 p.H4
Pieces of a Dream at Blues Alley
WP 3/30/86 p.H2
Sarah Vaughan at Blues Alley
WP 3/21/86 p.WK24
Sarah Vaughan at Blues Alley
WP 4/6/86 p.H5
Nancy Wilson at Blues Alley
WP 4/13/86 p.H9
Herbie Mann at Blues Alley
WP 4/20/86 p.G6
Joe Williams at Blues Alley
WP 4/27/86 p.H7
Stanley Jordan at Blues Alley
WP 5/4/86 p.H5
Charlie Byrd at Blues Alley
WP 5/11/86 p.G6
Jean Carn at Blues Alley
WP 5/18/86 p.B6
Stephane Grappelli at Blues Alley
WP 5/25/86 p.G4
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 6/1/86 p.G7
Stanley Turrentine at Blues Alley
WP 6/8/86 p.G2
Roy Ayers at Blues Alley
WP 6/15/86 p.B4
Larry Carlton at Blues Alley
WP 6/22/86 p.H2
Astrud Gilberto at Blues Alley
WP 6/27/86 p.WK22
Tower of Power at Blues Alley
WP 6/29/86 p.H4
Phyllis Hyman at Blues Alley
WP 7/6/86 p.H5
Jimmy Witherspoon at Blues Alley
WP 7/13/86 p.H6
War at Blues Alley
WP 7/20/86 p.H4
Steve Allen at Blues Alley
WP 7/27/86 p.G5
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 8/3/86 p.H4
Buddy Rich at Blues Alley
WP 8/10/86 p.G4
Brenda Files at Blues Alley
WP 8/17/86 p.G2
Gil Scott-Heron at Blues Alley
WP 8/24/86 p.F4
Mose Allison at Blues Alley
WP 8/31/86 p.F4
Jennifer Holliday at Blues Alley
WP 9/7/86 p.F8
George Shearing and Joe Pass at Blues Alley
WP 9/14/86 p.G4
Tony Williams at Blues Alley
WP 9/21/86 p.G2
Charlie Byrd at Blues Alley
WP 9/28/86 p.F4
Sarah Vaughan at Blues Alley
WP 10/5/86 p.H7
Pieces of a Dream at Blues Alley
WP 10/12/86 p.F6
Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Alley
WP 10/19/86 p.F5
Ramsey Lewis at Blues Alley
WP 10/26/86 p.F6
Wayne Shorter at Blues Alley
WP 11/2/86 p.F5
Mel Torme at Blues Alley
WP 11/9/86 p.F2
Stanley Turrentine at Blues Alley
WP 11/16/86 p.F6
Barbara Cook at Blues Alley
WP 11/23/86 p.F7
Oregon at Blues Alley
WP 11/30/86 p.G4
Woody Herman at Blues Alley
WP 12/7/86 p.F7
Charlie Byrd at Blues Alley
WP 12/14/86 p.F4
Maura Sullivan at Blues Alley
WP 12/21/86 p.H4
Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
WP 12/28/86 p.G2
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