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1940s

Club Bali

April 28, 2019 By Michael Fitzgerald 2 Comments

1901 14th St., NW

Opened 1943.

-1948-1954

Owned by Benny Caldwell.

Subsequently Club Trinidad.

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Bibliography

http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2012/02/jazz-drugs-murder-and-1940s-club-bali.html

https://dcist.com/story/11/05/15/looking-back-club-bali/

 

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Club Kavakos

April 28, 2019 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

727 8th St., NE

Candy shop became nightclub in 1940. – WP 1/3/71 p.C10

December 31, 1955 was the club’s final night. – WP 12/30/55 p.45

Building demolished in 1999.

-1952-1953-1955-

Recordings by Charlie Parker (1953), Bud Powell (1953), Dizzy Gillespie (1955).

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Howard Theater

April 28, 2019 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

7th St. and T, NW

1910-1970, 1975

Owned by Morton Gerber (), Sam Steifel (1931-). Manager Shep Allen.

Changed to movie theater in 1970, owned by District Theaters.

Recordings by Duke Ellington (1946), Cootie Williams (1947), Lionel Hampton (1948), Charlie Parker (1952), Charlie Parker (1953).

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Merryland Club

April 28, 2019 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

1405 L St., NW

(1941-1979)

Owned by Olivia Davis. Managed by Olivia Davis (1941-1953, 1956?-). Became a strip club in 1958. In 1965, tried jazz again for two weeks with the Harold Quinn Trio, but reverted to strippers (WP 10/10/65 p.G6).

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