Place

1120 20th St., NW

Chinese restaurant.

Artists

• Ted Efantis (1983)

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3330 East Gude Drive, Rockville, MD

Became Country Junction in 1993.

Artists

• Maynard Ferguson (1983)

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1752 Swann St., NW

Well-known after hours establishment owned by Charles Lindsay. It also served as a hotel for visiting artists.

Lindsay sold the house in 1967.

Artists

• Sarah Vaughan
• Art Tatum
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Nat King Cole
• Count Basie
• Pearl Bailey
• Cab Calloway
• Lennie Cuje

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1304 F St., NW

Artists

• Ahmad Jamal (1959)

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1907 14th St., NW

Subsequently .

Booked by Tony Taylor.

-1959-

Artists

• Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (1959)
• Art Blakey (1959)
• Thelonious Monk (1959)

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945 K St., NW

Co-owners Bill Walker (1959-1963) and Angelo Alvino and Tony Taylor (1962-1963).

Capacity 75.

This was the second incarnation of the beatnik coffeehouse (first established by Walker in 1959 at 912 New Hampshire Avenue NW). It had been forced to move later that year and opened in its new location on June 6, 1959. 

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