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Cincinnati jazz newspaper clippings researched and compiled by Bill Soudrette and Pat Kelly
1950s Greater Cincinnati Jazz Club and Concert Bookings
Date Act Club Location Local Nat'l
5/11/50 Pianist Maurice Rocco Lookout House Covington   √
6/14/50 Nat King Cole Albee Theater Downtown   √
6/16/51 George Shearing Quintet Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
6/21/51 Art Tatum Trio Glenn Rendesvous Newport   √
1/5/52 Dinah Washington Regal Theater West End   √
10/3/52 JATP - Ella Fitzgerald. Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Buddy Rich, Charlie Shavers, Roy Eldridge, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Hank Jones Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
12/5/52 Maurice Rocco; Bernadette Phelan Trio Beverly Hills Southgate   √
4/19/53 Louis Jordan, Frankie Laine, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald Music Hall Downtown   √
4/26/53 Ralph Marterie Coney Island California, OH   √
5/10/53 Benny Goodman. Louis Armstrong Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/11/53 Hal "Cornbread" Singer, Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson Greystone Ballroom Downtown   √
10/15/53 Knocky Parker; Gin Bottle 5 Plus 2 Netherland Plaza Downtown   √
11/20/53 Festival of Modern Jazz - Stan Kenton, Erroll Garner, June Christy, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz Music Hall Downtown   √
11/20/53 Festival of Modern American Jazz: Stan Kenton, Erroll Garner Trio, June Christy, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Slim Gaillard, Candido Music  Hall Downtown   √
11/21/53 Erroll Garner Trio, June Christy, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Stan Kenton, Slim Gaillard Music Hall Downtown   √
1/24/54 Milt Buckner Trio Club Ebony Lincoln Heights   √
1/27/54 Pianist Billie Walker Hi-Hat Downtown √  
2/6/54 Teddy Raymore Quartet Danny's Musical Bar Avondale √  
2/6/54 Rummy Bishop, Larry Gilbert Quartet, Vicki Morgan Sunset Club Western Hills   √
2/7/54 Big Maybelle Smith Club Ebony Lincoln Heights   √
2/24/54 Billy Eckstein, Ruth Brown, Johnny Hodges All-Stars Emory Auditorium Downtown   √
3/23/54 Sarah Vaughan Club Ebony Lincoln Heights   √
4/23/54 Dixieland Rhythm Kings, Hotel Metropole Downtown √  
6/7/54 George Shearing and Woody Herman Music Hall Downtown   √
8/11/54 Erskine Hawkins Big Band Greystone Ballroom Downtown   √
8/15/54 Pianist Billie Walker Hi-Hat Vodvil Bar Downtown √  
10/9/54 JATP - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Buddy DeFranco. Flip Phiiips, Ben Webster, Ray Brown, Bill Harris, Herb Ellis. Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/27/54 Festival of Modern American Jazz: Stan Kenton, Art Tatum Trio, Charlie Ventura, Shory Rogers w/Shelly Manne, Johhnny Smith Music  Hall Downtown   √
11/9/54 Bobby Guyer Village Barn Covington √  
11/9/54 Bobby Guyer, Clyde Trask Orchestra Island Queen Ohio River   √
1/10/55 Teddy Raymore Quartet Sammy's 21 Bar Avondale √  
2/13/55 Fuzzy Ballard, Bob Hill Trio Sunset Club Western Hills √  
3/11/55 Gene Ammons Club Ebony Lincoln Heights   √
3/12/55 Mambo! Roberto and his Loco Amigos Babe Baker's Avondale ?  
5/6/55 Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan Music Hall Downtown   √
5/6/55 Dave Brubeck Quartet plus Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Music  Hall Downtown   √
8/5/55 Cotton Club assets sold Cotton Club West End √  
8/5/55 Louis Jordan Tymphany 5 Greystone Ballroom Downtown   √
9/24/55 Willie Wilkins Quartet, Edison Gore Band w/Popeye Maupin Club Casino Covington √  
10/12/55 JATP - Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa Quartet, Ray Brown, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Flip Phillips Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/15/55 Popeye Maupin Trio Stark Club Newport √  
11/11/55 Willie Wilkins Quartet, Edison Gore Band New Casino Covington   √
11/28/55 Count Basie Orchestra Greystone Ballroom Downtown   √
12/10/55 Stan Kenton Orchestra, Roy Hamilton Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
2/22/56 Nat King Cole Albee Theater Downtown   √
5/21/56 Bill Doggett and Ray Charles Greystone Ballroom Downtown   √
6/22/56 Nat King Cole Albee Theater Downtown   √
9/25/56 JATP. Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Krupa Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/7/56 Popeye Maupin Trio, The Carmin Trio Stark Club Newport √  
1/19/57 Jim Popeye Maupin and Trio Stark Club Newport √  
1/19/57 Sunny Spencer Trio, vocalist Vicki Morgan Sunset Club Western Hills √  
1/27/57 Popeye Maupin Quartet  Jazz, Inc. Covington √  
2/2/57 Dorothy Donegan Trio The Embers Walnut Hills   ?
3/2/57 Herm Kirschner, Dave Horine, Clarence Moore Piano Lounge Downtown √  
3/11/57 "Birdland Stars of '57": Count Basie Orch., Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstein, Joe Williams, Bud Powell Trio Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
3/11/57 Count Basie, Billy Eckstein, Sarah Vaughan, Bud Powell Trio, Phineas Newborn Quartet, Chet Baker, Lester Young, Zoot Sims, Terry Gibbs Quartet fet. Terry Pollard Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
3/30/57 Judy James Sunset Club Western Hills √  
5/21/57 Judy James, Fine & Nichol Combo Peacock Lounge Walnut Hills √  
6/1/57 Jamaal and his Rock 'n Rollers Pinky's Night Club Downtown √  
6/1/57 Elwood Evans Trio Kit Kat Inn Montgomery √  
8/16/57 Edison Gore Band, Jimmy McGary New Casino Covington √  
9/20/57 Popeye Maupin Quartet w/Curtis Peagler Jazz, Inc. Covington √  
9/24/57 JATP Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Trio, Modern Jazz Quartet, Illinois Jacquet Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/13/57 Artie Matthews - program Cincinnati Library Downtown √  
10/24/57 Dr. John Ball - Historical program Cincinnati Library Downtown √  
11/8/57 UC Jazz Festival -Gerry Mulligan Quartet, George Shearing Quintet, Australian Jazz Quintet, Chico Hamilton Quintet, Miles Davis Quintet UC Clifton   √
12/12/57 Erskine Hawkins Big Band Dude Ranch Hamilton   √
12/21/57 Charlie Wilson, Jim Faire, Money Marson Barn & Hangar Downtown √  
1/25/58 Pianist Billie Walker Fox and Crow Montgomery √  
1/30/58 Dakota Staton Copa Club Newport   √
2/7/58 Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ruth Brown, Amos Milburn, Herb Jeffries Albee Theater Downtown   √
2/11/58 Red Prysock, Rusty Bryant Dude Ranch Hamilton   √
2/22/58 New Jazz Disciples/Curtis Peagler Babe Baker's Avondale √  
2/26/58 Modern Jazz Disciples  Babe Baker's Avondale √  
4/18/58 Bill Walters Sextet Sheratin Gibson Sidewalk Café Downtown √  
4/19/58 3 E's of Jazz (Edison Gore, Elwood Evans, Ed Connelly) Club Casino Covington √  
4/26/58 Popeye Maupin Trio; Don (Wild Man) Harmon Combo Drift Inn Mt. Healthy √  
5/17/58 Mouse Melvin Jazz Quartet (avante garde) Barn Downtown √  
6/22/58 Gene Mayl Dixie Band w/Fuzzy Ballard Tropics   √  
7/28/58 Popeye Maupin Quartet  Sammy's 21 Club Avondale √  
8/16/58 Otis Williams and the Charms (Bill Caffie) General Interest   √  
8/16/58 Shirley Jester Hotel Sinton - Coal Hole Bar Downtown √  
8/22/58 Cliff Lash & Orchestra Hotel Alms Walnut Hills √  
9/30/58 Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Trio Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
10/6/58 New Jazz Disciples,  Ronny Jenks Quintet, Tom Scofield Quintet UC Clifton    
10/21/58 George Shearing Sextet Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
11/1/58 Ronnie Jenks Modern Jazz 4 Sammy's 21 Club Avondale ?  
11/21/58 Erroll Garner Trio Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
12/4/58 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson Village Barn Covington   √
12/4/58 Marian McPartland Sheratin Gibson-Gibson Girl Lounge Downtown   √
12/6/58 Ronnie Kirk Orch., Roy Hamilton, Jon Thomas Trio Copa Club Newport √  
12/7/58 Marian McPartland Sheratin Gibson-Gibson Girl Lounge Downtown   √
12/12/58 Red Prysock, Rusty Bryant Dude Ranch Hamilton   √
12/14/58 (2 bands) Jamaal, Don Harmon Village Barn Covington √  
12/14/58 Marian McPartland Sheratin Gibson-Gibson Girl Lounge Downtown   √
12/18/58 Ben Webster w/Modern Jazz Disciples Babe Baker's Avondale   √
12/20/58 Cannonball Adderly  Babe Baker's Avondale   √
12/20/58 Glenn Miller Orch. Ray McKinley feat. Ernie Bernhardt Castle Farm Roselawn   √
12/24/58 Popeye Maupin Ace Café Newport √  
12/29/58 Lester Young Babe Baker's Avondale   √
12/31/58 Popeye Maupin Band Ace Café Newport √  
1/3/59 Bill Berry and Dee Felice Trio Rainbow Club Walnut Hills √  
1/5/59 New Jazz Disciples, Dee Felice Quartet, Clay Mundy Sheratin Gibson - Sheratin Room Downtown √  
1/7/59 Dee Felice, Frank Vincent, Bill Berry, Alex Cirin Mother's Walnut Hills √  
1/17/59 Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Gene Redd Copa Club Newport √  
1/30/59 Dakota Staton, Gene Redd Orch. (all sepia) Copa Club Newport   √
2/2/59 Pianist Billie Walker Key Room lounge Walnut Hills √  
2/5/59 Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb. Copa Club Newport   √
2/13/59 Dinah Washington and Trio Copa Club Newport   √
2/20/59 Jimmy Smith Copa Club Newport   √
2/27/59 J.J. Johnson Copa Club Newport   √
3/11/59 Pat Moran Trio Sheratin Gibson-Gibson Girl Lounge Downtown   √
3/13/59 Terry & Pirates Ace Café Newport ?  
3/16/59 Dee Felice, Lee Stolar, Mike Andres combos; Judy James Wilson Aud. U.C. Clifton √  
3/20/59 Jimmy Witherspoon, Gene Redd Orchestra Copa Club Newport   √
3/28/59 Earl Bostic Copa Club Newport   √
4/2/59 Lionel Hampton 16-piece Orch Copa Club Newport   √
4/3/59 Lionel Hampton Copa Club Newport   √
4/16/59 Donna Hightower, Ray Felder Orchestra Copa Club Newport √  
4/18/59 Popeye Maupin Group Colonial Inn KY √  
4/25/59 Cal Collins, George Mehas, Bob Bovie, Charlie Metcalf Sheratin Gibson-Gibson girl Lounge Downtown √  
4/27/59 Chico Hamilton Quintet Emory Auditorium Downtown   √
5/2/59 Al Belletto Sextet Lookout House Covington   √
5/2/59 Fats Dominoe Copa Club Newport   √
5/3/59 Al Belletto Sextet Lookout House Covington   √
5/4/59 Ahmad Jamal; Benny Goodman Orch; Dakota Staton Cincinnati Gardens Carthage   √
5/15/59 Tom Scofield Orchestra w/Judy James Lookout House Covington √  
5/20/59 Stan Kenton Orchestra Copa Club Newport   √
5/25/59 George Coorey/Jack Masten piano/organ Duo Piano Lounge Downtown √  
6/14/59 Tiny Bradshaw, Lionel Hampton Village Barn Covington   √
6/19/59 Art Blakey Jazz Messengers Copa Club Newport   √
6/21/59 Jackie Wilson, Ada Lee, Jazz Disciples Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
6/21/59 Jackie Wilson, Jazz Disciples, Vocalist Ada Lee, Sil Austin's Band Taft Auditorium Downtown √ √
7/10/59 B.B. King Copa Club Newport   √
7/17/59 Modern Jazz Disciples, Al Belletto Band w/Godon Brisker and Eddie Morgan Babe Baker's Avondale √  
7/17/59 Dee Felice Quartet Mother's Walnut Hills √  
7/23/59 Dizzy Gillespie, Ida Clark Copa Club Newport   √
7/23/59 Ida Clark. Dizzy Gillespie Copa Club Newport   √
7/26/59 Dizzy Gillespie Copa Club Newport   √
7/26/59 Stan Kenton Burnet Woods Clifton   √
7/30/59 Lavern Baker Copa Club Newport   √
8/17/59 Johnny Griffin w/Modern Jazz Disciples Babe Baker's Avondale   √
8/17/59 Duke Ellington Orchestra Copa Club Newport   √
8/29/59 Modern Jazz Disciples  Babe Baker's Avondale √  
9/10/59 Newport Jazz Fesival Tour - Ronnie Ross Jazz Makers, Lee Konitz, Lennie Tristano, Anita O'Day, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderly, Thelonious Monk, Taft Auditorium Downtown   √
9/12/59 Illinois Jacquet Copa Club Newport   √
10/2/59 Billy Maxted Manhattan Jazz Band Hotel Sinton Downtown   √
10/17/59 Sonny Cole (piano) and the Cole-Cockers Cock-n-Bull Avondale √  
10/24/59 Earl Bostic Club Miami Hamilton   √
10/24/59 Teddy Raymore Trio, Correy-Maston Duo Piano Lounge Downtown √  
10/24/59 Al Hibbler Copa Club Newport   √
10/30/59 Al Belletto Sextet Hotel Sinton - Rookwood Room Downtown   √
10/30/59 Al Belletto Sextet Hotel Sinton - Rookwood Room Downtown   √
11/16/59 Ray Charles Copa Club Newport   √
12/19/59 Herb Geller Mother's Walnut Hills   √
12/19/59 Eddie Morgan Quartet w/Judy James Rainbow Club Walnut Hills √  
12/31/59 Modern Jazz Disciples w/Candy Finch Babe Baker's Avondale √  
12/31/59 Eddie Morgan Quartet w/Judy James; Dee Felice Trio w/Herb Geller Rainbow Club and Mother's Walnut Hills √  
12/31/59 Al Belletto Sextet Piano Lounge Downtown   √