founded in 1926 1 is a restaurant and jazz nightclub located on the ne corner of the intersection of 11th street and u street nw in washington d.c. having an address of 2001 eleventh street n.w. 20001 . the club started out as club caverns a small establishment in the basement of a drugstore famous for its floor and variety shows . the club was frequented by many of washington s elite at the time who would come to see such musical artists as duke ellington and cab calloway . in the 1950s the club s name was changed to crystal caverns and then to bohemian caverns . in 1959 promoter tony taylor and angelo alvino bought the club and transformed it into the premier jazz venue in washington d.c. 2 taylor booked many of the leading jazz musicians of the 1960s including bill evans miles davis shirley horn john coltrane eric dolphy bobby timmons nina simone and charles mingus . in 1964 ramsey lewis recorded the critically and commercially successful album the ramsey lewis trio at the bohemian caverns . by 1968 the club began to lose business . the financial strains and the civil disturbances following the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. led taylor and alvino to close the club in september 1968 . thirty years later as a re development of the u street area was underway the club was purchased by amir afshar and re opened . 3 since 2006 bohemian caverns has been under the direction of club manager omrao brown . 4 5 due to chronic financial problems bohemian caverns went out of business and vacated the building at the end of march 2016 . 6 see also edit list of jazz venues references edit bohemian caverns history . retrieved 2008 05 16 . tony taylor obituary . 1981 03 05 . retrieved 2008 05 19 . historic u street jazz bohemian caverns . retrieved 2008 05 19 . michael j. west december 24 2010 . bohemian rhapsody . the washington city paper . matzner franz 27 december 2011 . bohemian caverns celebrates 85 years of historic jazz . all about jazz . retrieved 15 april 2013 . http www.washingtoncitypaper.com articles 47998 bohemian caverns to close legendary u street jazz club external links edit bohemian caverns official website coordinates 38 55 02 n 77 01 36 w 38.9172 n 77.0268 w 38.9172 ; 77.0268 v t e music venues of washington d.c. outdoor venues carter barron amphitheatre fort reno park national sylvan theater nationals park robert f. kennedy memorial stadium theaters and clubs 9 30 club atlas performing arts center black cat bloombars blues alley bohemian caverns dar constitution hall echostage howard theatre john f. kennedy center for the performing arts lincoln theatre lisner auditorium madam s organ blues bar national theatre republic gardens sixth & i historic synagogue warner theatre arenas charles e. smith center verizon center historic venues the bayou the cellar door washington coliseum this jazz club or venue related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bohemian caverns & oldid 712958286 categories nightclubs in washington d.c.music venues in washington d.c.jazz clubs in the united states1926 establishments in the united statesmusic venues completed in 1926jazz club stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 1 april 2016 at 01 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view