Jazz research on the Internet: a continuing saga
1836 Columbia Rd., NW (1975-1984 location); 2325 18th St., NW (1997- location)
Owner Paul Tauber (1975), Mehari Woldemariam (1997).
Manager Mark Hall, Steve Furtado.
Columbia Rd. location opened in 1975 and closed in January 1984. (WP 2/9/84 p.DC1) This location was primarily a rock and roll club, but began booking jazz one night a week in 1979.
Continue Reading6914 4th St., NW
Opened in 1984.
Owned by Bill Boyd and Eileen Boyd.
10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.
Dedicated to Spencer Fullerton Baird, first curator at the Smithsonian Institution, on November 16, 1971. Previously referred to simply as the “auditorium of the Museum of Natural History.”
Continue ReadingCapacity 2,750. There are several performance spaces including the Concert Hall, Terrace Theater, and Theater Lab.
Early jazz programming, including the “House of Sounds” festival, was coordinated by Willis Conover.
Dr. Billy Taylor served as artistic advisor from 1994 to his death in 2010.
Continue Reading1334 U St., NW
Opened 1995. Closed October 12, 2010.
Owned by Ibrahim Aden.
Artists
1334 U Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia
District Creative Space
443 7th St., NW
Opened in 1977. Closed in 1991.
Co-owned by Bill Warrell. Booked by Cynthia Connolly (1986-1991). Manager Susan Warrell (1988), Jean Homza (1989-1991).
Recordings by Andrew White (1978), Chris Cutler (1979).
443 7th Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia