Friday, February 8, 2008

Black History- Howard Theater

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This dance takes place in front of the Howard Theater near U Street also called the Black Broadway. The Howard was a Black owned theater which opened in 1910 and as you can imagine many prominent Black artist performed there. One of those artists was Charles Mingus who recorded an album there in 1948 with Lionel Hampton. David Morneau uses the sound of Mingus for this week's collaboration. The Howard Theater is supposedly returning to operation this summer.

http://www.gwu.edu/~jazz/venuesh.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Theatre


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2 comments:

  1. Very nice. I had no idea that Mingus had played there... that worked out well :-)

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  2. I just blogged about the Howard Theater. The DC government is going to restore it. they've shelled out millions to a developer, and there are also fundraising efforts on its behalf.
    http://whygentrify.com/2008/02/25/money-being-raised-for-nearby-howard-theater/

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