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)
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.