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Blues Alley entrance seen from the street. Blues Alley, founded in 1965, [1] is a jazz nightclub in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. Musicians who ...
The U Street Corridor was the location of many jazz clubs and theatres during the early years of the jazz age.. Washington, D.C., has been home to many prominent musicians and is particularly known for the musical genres of Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, bluegrass, punk rock and its locally-developed descendants hardcore and emo, and a local funk genre called go-go.
The DC Jazz Festival, originally the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, is a jazz festival held in early to mid June for nearly two weeks in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] It was established in 2004 by jazz manager Charles Fishman [ 2 ] and changed to its current name in 2010.
This plan was expanded upon by Carter T. Barron in 1947, as a way to memorialize the 150th anniversary of Washington, D.C., as the U.S. national capital. As Vice Chairman of the Sesquicentennial Commission, Barron envisioned an amphitheatre where "all persons of every race, color and creed" in Washington could attend musical, ballet, theater and other performing arts productions.
The venue, adjacent to the current 9:30 Club on V Street NW, has a relatively small capacity of 450 people. [1] The Atlantis is owned by Seth Hurwitz and is a part of I.M.P. a Maryland -based live music promotional group that includes the 9:30 Club, The Anthem , the Lincoln Theater , and Merriweather Post Pavilion .
The Bohemian Caverns, founded in 1926, [1] was a restaurant and jazz nightclub located on the NE Corner of the intersection of 11th Street and U Street NW in Washington, D.C. The club started out as Club Caverns - a small establishment in the basement of a drugstore - famous for its floor and variety shows.
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section.
Madam's Organ Blues Bar (center) on 18th Street, N.W., in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Cabaret from Stockholm performs at Madam's Organ in 2011. Madam's Organ Blues Bar is a restaurant and nightclub located at 2461 18th Street NW in Washington, D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood.