2001 E. Capitol St., SE
Built 1940; opened 1941, but non-military events began only in 1948 with the creation of the D.C. Armory Board. Seating capacity 10,000. The armory was used by package tours such as Jazz at the Philharmonic (1950-56) and Jazz for Moderns (1957) and for some events of the D.C. International Jazz Festival in 1962.
Artists
- Stan Kenton (1948)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1950)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1951)
- George Shearing (1951)
- Billy Eckstine (1951)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1952)
- Nat ‘King’ Cole (1952)
- Sarah Vaughan (1952)
- Stan Kenton (1952)
- Sarah Vaughan (1953)
- Nat ‘King’ Cole (1953)
- Billy May (1953)
- Louis Armstrong (1953)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1953)
- Stan Kenton (1953)
- June Christy (1953)
- Erroll Garner (1953)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1953)
- Stan Getz (1953)
- Candido Camero (1953)
- Slim Gaillard (1953)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1954)
- Peggy Lee (1954)
- Billy Eckstine (1954)
- Pete Rugolo (1954)
- Stan Kenton (1954)
- Nat ‘King’ Cole (1954)
- Duke Ellington (1955)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1955)
- Jazz at the Philharmonic (1956)
- Ted Heath (1957)
- Al Hibbler (1957)
- Eddie Heywood (1957)
- June Christy (1957)
- Birdland Stars (1957)
- Gerry Mulligan (1957)
- Chico Hamilton (1957)
- Miles Davis (1957)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1957)
- Helen Merrill (1957)
- Gerry Mulligan (1962)
- Oscar Peterson (1962)
- Thelonious Monk (1962)
- Duke Ellington (1962)
- Dave Brubeck (1962)
- Gloria Lynne (1962)
- Lionel Hampton (1962)
- George Shearing (1962)
- Lionel Hampton (1963)
Recordings by Stan Kenton (1948), Duke Ellington (1955).
Billy Eckstine and George Shearing at DC National Guard Armory
WP 12/7/51 p.B4
Sarah Vaughan, Nat 'King' Cole, Billy May at DC National Guard Armory
WP 4/6/53 p.12
Stan Kenton at DC National Guard Armory
WP 10/25/53 p.L3
Jazz For Moderns at DC National Guard Armory
WP 11/18/57 p.B12
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