The Charles address is originally given as 1717 N. Charles St. when it was called The Times and where it continued as the single screen Charles Theater. The current incarnation of The Charles Theater does in fact list it’s official address as 1711 N. Charles since it’s 1999 renovation. The buildings it is housed in are designated 1711-1717 N Charles. It is worth noting that the newer side of the Charles Theater was formerly the Famous Ballroom which played host to many of the Left Bank Jazz Society’s most legendary shows between late 1966 and the early 1980’s. Below is a partial list of some of the many shows that took place there. I think you’ll recognize some heavy hitters in the list:
12-4-66 HERBIE HANCOCK, piano; RON CARTER, bass; WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax; FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet; JACK DEJOHNETTE, drums (Famous Ballroom)
12-11-66 PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax; FRANK FOSTER, tenor sax; BOBBY TIMMONS, piaon; FREDDIE WAITS, drums; CECIL McBEE, bass (Famous Ballroom)
The Charles address is originally given as 1717 N. Charles St. when it was called The Times and where it continued as the single screen Charles Theater. The current incarnation of The Charles Theater does in fact list it’s official address as 1711 N. Charles since it’s 1999 renovation. The buildings it is housed in are designated 1711-1717 N Charles. It is worth noting that the newer side of the Charles Theater was formerly the Famous Ballroom which played host to many of the Left Bank Jazz Society’s most legendary shows between late 1966 and the early 1980’s. Below is a partial list of some of the many shows that took place there. I think you’ll recognize some heavy hitters in the list:
12-4-66 HERBIE HANCOCK, piano; RON CARTER, bass; WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax; FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet; JACK DEJOHNETTE, drums (Famous Ballroom)
12-11-66 PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax; FRANK FOSTER, tenor sax; BOBBY TIMMONS, piaon; FREDDIE WAITS, drums; CECIL McBEE, bass (Famous Ballroom)
12-18-66 JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax; SCOTTY HART, bass; LAMONT JOHNSON, piano; BILLY HIGGINS, drums (Famous Ballroom)
12-25-66 Christmas Holiday
1-1-67 New Year’s Holiday
1-8-67 No Concert
1-15-67 No Concert
1-22-67 No Concert
1-29-67 SONNY STITT, electric varitone, alto and tenor sax; DON PATTERSON, organ; BILLY JAMES, drums (Famous Ballroom)
2-5-67 COLEMAN HAWKINS, tenor saxophone; MAJOR HOLLEY, bass; OLIVER JACKSON, drums; BARRY HARRIS, piano (Famous Ballroom)
2-12-67 AL COHN, tenor sax; ZOOT SIMS, tenor sax; DAVE FRISHBERG, piano; VICTOR SPROLES, bass; STEVE SCHAEFFER, drums
2-19-67 LOU DONALDSON, alto sax; TOMMY TURRNETINE, trumpet; PECK MORRISON, bass; WALTER DAVIS JR., piano; LEO MORRIS, drums
2-26-67 WALTER BISHOP JR., piano; HAROLD VICK tenor & soprano sax & flute; DICK “TINY” BERK, drums; REGGIE JOHNSON, bass
3-5-67 BILLY HIGGINS, drums; WALTER BOOKER, bass; DAVE HUBBARD, tenor sax; CLAUDE HUBBARD, piano
3-12-67 BOOKER ERVIN, tenor sax; LENNIE McBROWNE, drums; HORACE PARLAN, piano; JAN ARNETT, bass
3-19-67 KENNY BURELL, guitar; MARTIN RIVERA, bass; RICHARD WYANDS, piano; BILL ENGLISH, drums
3-36-67 JIMMY HEATH, tenor sax; HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax; MICKEY ROKER, drums; CEDER WALTON, piano
4-2-67 ROLAND KIRK, misc; RONNIE BOYKINS, bass; LONNIE SMITH, piano; MARION BOOKER, drums
4-16-67 YUSEF LATEEF, misc.; CECIL McBEE, bass; HUGH LAWSON, piano; ROY BROOKS, drums
4-23-67 FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet; BENNY MAUPIN, tenor sax; RONNY MATTHEWS, piano; HERBIE LEWIS, bass; FREDDIE WAITS, drums
4-3-67 MILT JACKSON, vibes; JIMMY HEATH, tenor sax; CEDAR WALTON, piano; MICKEY ROKER, drums; WALTER BOOKER, bass
5-7-67 JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax & soprano sax; PHAROH SAUNDERS, tenor sax; ALICE COLTRANE, piano; DONALD GARRETT, bass; RASHID ALI, drums
Source: http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html originally transcribed from the Left Bank Jazz Society 1970 Yearbook.