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
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!}