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1970s

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.

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  • Andrew White (1978)
  • Marshall Hawkins (1978)
  • East Coast Offering (1978) 
  • Bill Harris (1978)
  • Nathen Page (1978)
  • Harold Kaufman (1978)
  • Heavy Weather (1978)
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  • Reuben Brown (1979)
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  • Carl & Julie Turner (1979)
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  • Mike Howard (1979)
  • Dave Wondro (1979)
  • Kenny Reed (1979)
  • Wallace Roney (1979)
  • Alex Jenkins (1979)
  • Glen Ray Jones (1979)
  • Perkins Sisters (1979)
  • Don Bowie (1979)
  • Sedatrius Brown (1979)

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Bayen, Chips

June 4, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald 1 Comment

Lyricist, booking manager, saxophonist. Malaku Emanuel Bayen, Jr. born July 17, 1932 in Washington, D.C.; died June 3, 1994 in Washington, D.C.

Bayen was a royal prince, the son of the nephew (and personal physician) of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. His father had been sent by the emperor to study medicine at Howard University, where he met his future wife, Dorothy Hadley of Evanston, Illinois.

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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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Stokes, W. Royal

May 4, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

Writer, historian, broadcaster. Born William Royal Stokes on June 27, 1930 in Washington, D.C.; died May 1, 2021 in Elkins, West Virginia.

He attended Woodrow Wilson High School and then University of Maryland before serving in the U.S. Army. He then attended the University of Washington (BA, 1958, MA, 1960), and completed his formal education with a Ph.D.

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Brower, William A.

May 4, 2021 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

Writer, historian, producer, stage manager. Born May 9, 1948 in Toledo, Ohio; died April 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

As a student at Antioch College, Brower was active in efforts to create a Black Studies program there. After his graduation in 1971 he soon moved to Washington.

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