Bohemian Caverns

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Bohemian Caverns (2008)

Bohemian Caverns is a Washington, DC jazz club and restaurant founded in 1926.

history

Bohemian Caverns is located at the intersection of 11th Street and U Street NW in Shaw , a borough of Washington, DC (2001 Eleventh Street NW 20001). Initially under the name Club Caverns , the venue was in the basement of a drug store. In the night club u. a. famous musicians such as Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway , but mostly local musicians such as Ted Efantis . In the 1950s, the club was initially renamed Crystal Caverns , then Bohemian Caverns . In 1959, promoters Tony Taylor and Angelo Alvino bought the club and turned it into one of the premier jazz venues in Washington, DC. Taylor booked many well-known jazz musicians of the 1960s such as Bill Evans , Miles Davis , Shirley Horn , John Coltrane , Eric Dolphy , Bobby Timmons , Nina Simone and Charles Mingus . In 1964 Ramsey Lewis recorded his album The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns there.

After the unrest following the murder of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy and the decline of the area, the club had to close in September 1968; thirty years later the nightclub was acquired and reopened by Amir Afshar as part of the redevelopment of the U-Street district. The club has been under the direction of Omrao Brown since 2006. The club will finally close at the end of March 2016. Les McCann and Nicholas Payton and Young-Holt Unlimited have also made recordings there since 1967 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bohemian Caverns - History . Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  2. ↑ Tony Taylor Obituary . March 5, 1981. Retrieved May 19, 2008. 
  3. ↑ Historic U Street Jazz - Bohemian Caverns . Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  4. ↑ Michael J. West: Bohemian Rhapsody . In: The Washington City Paper , December 24, 2010. 
  5. ^ Franz Matzner: Bohemian Caverns Celebrates 85 Years of Historic Jazz . In: All About Jazz , December 27, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2013. 
  6. ^ Michael J. West: Last of the Bohemian Legendary U Street jazz club Bohemian Caverns will close at the end of March. in Washington City Paper
  7. ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography (online)

Coordinates: 38 ° 55 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 77 ° 1 ′ 36.5 ″  W.