813 Ellsworth Dr., Silver Spring, MD [Villa Rosa Restaurant]
Room capacity of 220 (or 225).
Opened November 7, 1967. Closed June 22, 1969.
Original weekly schedule was Monday start with Sunday off. This changed to Sunday start with Monday off with Dizzy Gillespie on May 19, 1968.
Owned by Charlie Byrd and Pete Lambros. Same location eventually (1976) became Villa Rosa Showboat.
Artists
- Charlie Byrd (1967)
- Teddy Wilson (1967)
- Laurindo Almeida (1967)
- Joe Byrd (1967)
- Charlie Byrd (1967)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Bill Harris (1968)
- Jimmy Smith (1968)
- Ahmad Jamal (1968)
- Prof. Irwin Corey (1968)
- Jimmy Rushing (1968)
- Mongo Santamaria (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- George Shearing (1968)
- Walter Wanderly (1968)
- Ray Bryant (1968)
- Chris Connor (1968)
- Dukes of Dixieland (1968)
- Modern Jazz Quartet (1968)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1968)
- Earl Hines (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Erroll Garner (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Joao Gilberto (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Bola Sete (1968)
- Teddy Wilson (1968)
- George Shearing (1968)
- GK Trio (1968)
- Prof. Irwin Corey (1968)
- Ray Bryant (1968)
- Lionel Hampton (1968)
- Ahmad Jamal (1968)
- Cannonball Adderley (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Duke Pearson (1968)
- Joe Williams (1968)
- Woody Herman (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1968)
- Oscar Peterson (1968)
- Chris Connor (1968)
- Jimmy Witherspoon (1968)
- Charlie Byrd (1969)
- Ray Bryant (1969)
- Royal Smith (1969)
- Kenny Burrell (1969)
- Oliver Nelson (1969)
- Ahmad Jamal (1969)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1969)
- Charlie Byrd (1969)
- Count Basie (1969)
- Charlie Byrd (1969)
- Earl Hines (1969)
- Eddie Harris (1969)
- Count Basie (1969)
- Charlie Byrd (1969)
- Toots Thielemans (1969)
- Charlie Byrd (1969)
Kenny Duca at Villa Rosa
WP 11/13/66 p.G6
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 11/11/67 p.C23
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 11/19/67 p.H6, WP 11/28/67 p.D11
Laurindo Almeida and Teddy Wilson at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/4/67 p.C7
Laurindo Almeida and Joe Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/14/67 p.D22
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/19/67 p.C8, WP 12/22/67 p.C10
Season's Greetings 1967 at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/24/67 p.F6, WP 12/26/67 p.C7
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/29/67 p.C11
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/31/67 p.F6
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 1/7/68 p.H6, WP 1/21/68 p.G6, WP 1/23/68 p.C11
Jimmy Smith at Byrd's Nest
WES 2/1/68 p.C5
Ahmad Jamal at Byrd's Nest
WES 2/10/68 p.WK12
Irwin Corey at Byrd's Nest
WP 2/16/68 p.C8
Mongo Santamaria at Byrd's Nest
WES 2/22/68 p.A10
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/4/68 p.B6
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/22/68 p.B15, WP 3/29/68 p.B12
George Shearing at Byrd's Nest
WP 4/5/68 p.B15
Walter Wanderly at Bird's Nest
WP 4/7/68 p.E7
Ray Bryant at Byrd's Nest
WP 4/19/68 p.D14
Chris Connor at Byrd's Nest
WP 4/21/68 p.F6
Dukes of Dixieland at Byrd's Nest
WP 4/28/68 p.H8, WP 4/29/68 p.B8, WP 5/5/68 p.K6
Dukes of Dixieland at Byrd's Nest
WP 5/6/68 p.B5
Dizzy Gillespie at Byrd's Nest
WP 5/19/68 p.K6
Erroll Garner at Byrd's Nest
WES 6/13/68 p.B15; WP 6/14/68 p.D11
Erroll Garner at Byrd's Nest
WP 6/14/68 p.D11
Erroll Garner at Byrd's Nest
WP 6/30/68 p.G6
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 7/16/68 p.D11
Joao Gilberto at Byrd's Nest
WES 8/1/69 p. D15, WES 8/3/69 p.WK12
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 8/8/68 p.B6
Bola Sete at Byrd's Nest
WP 8/20/68 p.B11
Bola Sete at Byrd's Nest
WES 8/22/68 p.A15
George Shearing at Byrd's Nest
WP 9/6/68 p.D13
Ray Bryant at Byrd's Nest
WES 9/14/68 p.WK16
Irwin Corey at Byrd's Nest
WP 9/15/68 p.E6
Lionel Hampton at Byrd's Nest
WES 9/21/68 p.WK12
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 9/26/68 p.D7
Ahmad Jamal at Byrd's Nest
WES 10/3/69 p.A19
Cannonball Adderley at Byrd's Nest
WES 10/14/68 p.B8
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 10/31/68 p.C11
Joe Williams at Byrd's Nest
WES 11/4/68 p.C6
Woody Herman at Byrd's Nest
WES 11/11/68 p.A13
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 11/21/68 p.C12
Oscar Peterson at Byrd's Nest
WES 11/25/68 p.A20
Chris Connor at Byrd's Nest
WP 12/3/68 p.B7
Jimmy Witherspoon at Byrd's Nest
WES 12/9/68 p.B7
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 1/1/69 p.C15, WP 1/3/69 p.B11, WP 1/5/69 p.F6, WP 1/6/69 p.B11, WP 1/15/69 p.B11
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 1/16/69 p.B5
Ray Bryant at Byrd's Nest
WP 1/22/69 p.B12
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 1/23/69 p.E11
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 1/30/69 p.D7
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 2/6/69 p.A17
Ray Bryant at Byrd's Nest
WP 2/10/69 p.B7, WP 2/11/69 p.B5, WP 2/12/69 p.D11
Ray Bryant at Byrd's Nest
WP 2/16/69 p.G7
Kenny Burrell at Byrd's Nest
WP 2/17/69 p.D7
Oliver Nelson at Byrd's Nest
WP 2/24/69 p.C7
Ahmad Jamal at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/5/69 p.F11
Dizzy Gillespie at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/10/69 p.B7
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/17/69 p.B9
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 3/27/69 p.C11
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WP 4/3/69 p.E8, WP 4/6/69 p.E8, WP 4/7/69 p.B7, WP 4/10/69 p.C14
Earl Hines at Byrd's Nest
WES 4/26/69 p.WK12
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 5/1/69 p.E7
Eddie Harris at Byrd's Nest
WP 5/9/69 p.B15; WES 5/10/69 p.WK19, WES 5/11/69 p.D16
Charlie Byrd at Byrd's Nest
WES 5/24/69 p.WK12, WES 5/31/69 p.WK12, WES 6/7/69 p.WK12
My dad took us to the Byrd’s right after we moved to Silver Spring from Jersey.
We went to see the jazz greats Charie Byrd and Dizzy Gillespie
We knew of Dizzy from family photos cause Dizzy was a student of my uncle
Philmore Hall in Larinburg, NC. years ago.