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Trumpeter, bassist. Born 1927?; died August 21, 2003 in Washington, D.C.
Attended Linton Hall Military School in Manassas, Virginia and Western High School. Served in U.S. Army.
Led Dixieland bands at Jazzland and The Bayou starting in the early 1950s. Member of many ensembles including the Bicentennial Jazz Band, the Washington Monumental Jazz Band, and the Not So Modern Jazz Quartet.
Clarinetist. David McKinstry Garner born February 5, 1928 in Washington, D.C.; died August 24, 2005 in Falls Church, Virginia.
High school nickname comes from resemblance to actor Wallace Beery.
Attended Western High School and University of Virginia. Served in U.S. Army.
Flutist. Born April 12, 1935 in Washington, D.C.
A member of D.C. Police Boys’ Drum and Bugle Corps, McNeill also studied piano from age 9 to 14, attending Terrell Junior High School before continuing at Dunbar High School. Attended Howard University briefly and then served in U.S.
Saxophonist. Ronald Edward Holloway born August 24, 1953 in Washington, D.C.
Received early encouragement from Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, and Dizzy Gillespie. Member of Gillespie’s final quintet (1989-1993).
Much work outside of jazz, including with his own band and those of Root Boy Slim, Gil Scott-Heron, Chuck Brown, and others.
4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Owners Elliot Epstein and Ben Hiatt. was in Alexandria, VA. The DC location struggled with neighborhood resistance to a new nightclub, resulting in a legal dispute over the denial of a liquor license. As a result, it was mostly closed for more than a year, only open for brunch.
Continue ReadingPianist, saxophonist. Born Marc Cohen on March 27, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Initially a saxophonist, Cohen decided to make piano his primary instrument and left New York for Washington, D.C.
After leaving Washington and moving back to New York City, Cohen changed his name in the early 1990s, as in the late 1980s another keyboardist Marc Cohen was active.