4850 Colorado Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20011
Located in Rock Creek Park. Capacity 4,000.
Opened August 5, 1950. Closed after 2013 for repairs.
Artists
- Nat “King” Cole
- Benny Goodman
- Louis Armstrong (1959)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1959)
- Oscar Peterson (1959)
- Vince Guaraldi (1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1963)
- Charlie Byrd (1963)
- Stan Getz (1963)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1964)
- Oscar Peterson (1964)
- Charlie Byrd (1964)
- Louis Armstrong (1964)
- Dave Brubeck (1964)
- Stan Getz (1965)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1967)
- Art Blakey (1967)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1968)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1969)
- Return to Forever (1975)
- Keith Jarrett (1977)
Louis Armstrong at Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 1959
NPS-Museum Resource Center Photo
1959 Carter Barron Amphitheatre program
National Museum of American History
1963 Carter Barron Amphitheatre poster
Peabody Institute Archives
4850 Colorado Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia
Bibliography
https://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbhistory.htm
https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/get-involved/rock-creek-blog/592-the-history-of-carter-barron-amphitheater
Ella Fitzgerald …1959…I was there with my Dad…
Family dragged to the ’63 Ella / Getz / Byrd concert by Mom, who loved music; Sinatra, jazz, latin (’50s posting to Havana helped), etc. As a 5th grader, I was suspect. Older brother was learning guitar – didn’t complain about having to go and listen to Byrd.
Wow… how does one become drawn into The New? Live exposure / beautiful evening / phenomenal artists. I love that time, the place, their music to this day. Everyone should be so fortunate… makes for a better world.
{& thx for this site!}