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Moorish Performing Arts Center

April 1, 2022 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

6217 Georgia Ave., NW

(1971-)

Formerly the Sheridan Theatre. Opened 1971. Owned by the Blackman’s Development Center, led by Colonel Hassan Jeru-Ahmed. During this same period jazz was sometimes presented at the .


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1970s

Northwest Gardens

January 20, 2022 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

128 Kennedy Street, NW 

Owner Bobby Felder. Manager Estee Wells, Jr. Opened 1976? Included non-jazz events such as dinner theater and dances. Still in existence as an events venue in 1982.

Artists

  • Andrew White (1978)
  • Marshall Hawkins (1978)
  • East Coast Offering (1978) 
  • Bill Harris (1978)
  • Nathen Page (1978)
  • Harold Kaufman (1978)
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  • Mike Howard (1979)
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  • Perkins Sisters (1979)
  • Don Bowie (1979)
  • Sedatrius Brown (1979)

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Trumpets

June 4, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald 1 Comment

1633 Q St., NW

Manager Robert Smith.

Room capacity 198 “But we usually seat no more than 180.” (WP 10/5/90 p.WK17)

House quartet led by trumpeter Tom Williams with Bob Butta (p), Geoff Harper (b), Lenny Robinson (d). “During the week, the accent is on local talent.”

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Frankie Condon’s Supper Club

May 24, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

254 N. Washington St., Rockville, MD.

Closed in January 1980. (WP 1/30/80 p.B4)

Artists

  • Mike Crotty
  • Bill Potts
  • Pepper Adams (1979)

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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

April 28, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

2400 E. Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC

In 1976, RFK Stadium hosted the first annual Washington Kool Jazz Festival. 

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Celebrity Room

January 24, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

1300 Rhode Island Avenue, NE in the Rhode Island Plaza building.

Restaurant added live music in June 1953.

After a remodeling, it re-opened as Cafe Celebrity on November 20, 1953. Seating 150.

Uncertain whether the following artists, mentioned as possible future attractions, ever appeared: Nat King Cole, Patti Page, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, and Pearl Bailey. 

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