2001 11th St., NW
(1961-1968) (-2016)
Owned by Angelo Alvino and managed by Tony Taylor (1959-1968). Renamed as Bohemian Caverns in 1961.
Owner George Sherman Lee (1968-). Became Frank’s Cave in 1969, The Caverns (owner Freddie Davis) in 1970, Underground Supper Club in 1973.
Owner Eddie Adair (1980s), auctioned by U.S. Department of Justice, Al Afshar (1998-). Reopened for jazz on June 15, 2000.
2006 club business bought by Omrao Brown, Sashi Starr, Jamal Starr. (Afshar continued as the owner of the building.)
Closed in 2016.
Formerly Night Club Bohemia.
Formerly Crystal Caverns.
Subsequently Underground.
Resident big band the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra performed on Monday nights from April 2010 through March 2016.
Recordings by Ramsey Lewis (1964), Ramsey Lewis (1965), Les McCann (1967), Roy Meriwether (1967)
Artists
- John Coltrane (1962)
- JFK Quintet (1962)
- Roland Kirk (1963)
- Art Blakey (1963)
- Thelonious Monk (1964)
- John Coltrane (1964)
- Butch Warren (1964)
- Bobby Timmons (1965)
- Sonny Stitt (1965)
- Chico Hamilton (1965)
- Jean DuShon (1965)
- Les McCann (1965)
- John Coltrane (1965)
- Cannonball Adderley (1965)
- Three Sounds (1965)
- Bobby Timmons (1965)
- Eddie Harris (1965)
- Art Blakey (1967)
- Miles Davis (1968)
- Roberta Flack (2000)
Sonny Stitt at Caverns
WP 6/10/59 p.D7
Kenny Dorham at Caverns
WP 6/29/59 p.B5
Kenny Dorham at Caverns
WP 6/30/59 p.B7
Max Roach at Caverns
WP 7/15/59 p.B11
Max Roach at Caverns
WP 7/17/59 p.B12, WP 7/18/59 p.B11
Bob Brookmeyer & Calvin Jones at Caverns
WP 7/21/59 p.A19, WP 7/24/59 p.C9
Bob Brookmeyer & Calvin Jones at Caverns
WP 7/25/59 p.D5
Pepper Adams at Caverns
WP 7/28/59 p.B7, WP 7/29/59 p.A16
Phineas Newborn at Caverns
WP 8/17/59 p.B7
Phineas Newborn at Caverns
WP 8/23/59 p.AS12
Thelonious Monk at Caverns
WP 8/24/59 p.B5
Thelonious Monk at Caverns
WP 8/31/59 p.A21
John Coltrane at Bohemian Caverns
WP 8/28/62 p.A22
JFK Quintet at Bohemian Caverns
WP 9/22/63 p.G4
Art Blakey at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/25/63 p.D11
Betty Carter at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/24/63 p.G6
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 2/16/64 p.G4
Wynton Kelly at Bohemian Caverns
WP 3/29/64 p.G5
Shirley Horn at Bohemian Caverns
WP 4/19/64 p.G4
JFK Quartet at Bohemian Caverns
WP 4/22/64 p.C8
Thelonious Monk at Bohemian Caverns
WP 5/3/64 p.G5
Shirley Horn at Bohemian Caverns
WP 5/15/64 p.D13
Ramsey Lewis at Bohemian Caverns
WP 6/5/64 p.D8
Les McCann at Bohemian Caverns
WP 6/19/64 p.B13
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 6/26/64 p.A23
John Coltrane at Bohemian Caverns
WP 7/3/64 p.C10
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 7/10/64 p.B13
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 8/7/64 p.A21
Max Roach at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/16/64 p.D13
Max Roach at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/18/64 p.G6
Bill Evans at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/23/64 p.B13
Jack McDuff at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/30/64 p.B15
Jack McDuff at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/30/64 p.B15
Les McCann at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/8/64 p.G5
Lou Rawls at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/20/64 p.D9
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 1/3/65 p.G4
Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 3/14/65 p.G6
Sonny Stitt at Bohemian Caverns
WP 3/28/65 p.G7
Jean DuShon at Bohemian Caverns
WP 4/16/65 p.B6
Eddie Harris at Bohemian Caverns
WP 6/6/65 p.G6
Eddie Harris and Bobby Timmons at Bohemian Caverns
WP 8/15/65 p.G4
Andy & the Bey Sisters at Bohemian Caverns
WP 12/19/65 p.G7
JFK Quintet at Bohemian Caverns
WP 9/4/66 p.G4
Aretha Franklin at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/23/66 p.G7
Groove Holmes at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/28/66 p.C13
Groove Holmes at Bohemian Caverns
WP 10/30/66 p.G8
Eddie Harris at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/13/66 p.G6
Willie Bobo at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/18/66 p.B15
The Echoes at Bohemian Caverns
WP 11/27/66 p.G6
Miles Davis at Bohemian Caverns
WP 12/2/66 p.D14
Judd and the Soulfuls at Bohemian Caverns
WP 12/18/66 p.G7
Judd and the Soulfuls at Bohemian Caverns
WP 12/25/66 p.G8
Roy Meriwether at Bohemian Caverns
WP 4/21/67 p.D15
Art Blakey at Bohemian Caverns
WES 5/9/67 p.C11
Bibliography
Cuscuna, Michael. “Caught in the Act.” Down Beat, July 25, 1968.
Pagones, John. “Bohemian Caverns Horning in on Jazz.” Washington Post, April 29, 1962.
Pagones, John. “After Dark Fare Changes for Fall.” Washington Post. September 5, 1965.
Pagones, John. “It’s Jam, Man, in the Caverns.” Washington Post. February 12, 1961.
Pagones, John. “Getz, Lewis Jazz Things Up.” Washington Post. June 5, 1964.
Pagones, John. “Big Names Finding New ‘Names’ Here.” Washington Post, July 30, 1961.
Pagones, John. “On the Town: Two Jazz Combos Brighten the Bohemian Caverns.” Washington Post, June 23, 1963.
Pagones, John. “Cocktail Lounges Come Into Their Own.” Washington Post, March 12, 1965.
Rice, William. “On the Town: Year That Was Faltered.” Washington Post, December 24, 1967.
Segraves, John. “Here ‘n’ There Around Town.” Washington Star, September 14, 1968.
Segraves, John. “A Fine Act at the Caverns.” Washington Star, December 9, 1965.
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