This is a list of notable venues where jazz music is played. It includes jazz clubs, clubs, dancehalls and historic venues such as theatres. A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music. Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz and big band jazz, when bands were large and often augmented by a string section. Large rooms were also more common in the Swing era, because at that time, jazz was popular as a dance music, so the dancers needed space to move. With the transition to 1940s-era styles like Bebop and later styles such as soul jazz, small combos of musicians such as quartets and trios were mostly used, and the music became more of a music to listen to, rather than a form of dance music. As a result, smaller clubs with small stages became practical.
In the 2000s, jazz clubs may be found in the basements of larger residential buildings, in storefront locations or in the upper floors of retail businesses. They can be rather small compared to other music venues, such as rock music clubs, reflecting the intimate atmosphere of jazz shows and long-term decline in popular interest in jazz.[1] Despite being called "clubs", these venues are usually not exclusive. Some clubs, however, have a cover charge if a live band is playing. Some jazz clubs host "jam sessions" after hours or on early evenings of the week. At jam sessions, both professional musicians and advanced amateurs will typically share the stage.
Austria
Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Canada
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
- Colonial Tavern
- George's Spaghetti House
- The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar[2]: 6
- Town Tavern
Vancouver
- Frankie's Jazz Club[2]: 6
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Paris
Marseille
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Mannheim
- Ella & Louis Jazz Club[2]: 8
Munich
Stuttgart
- BIX Jazzclub[2]: 8
Tübingen
- Jazz im Prinz Karl[2]: 8
Israel
Italy
Milan
Rome
Japan
Latvia
Mexico
- Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City[2]: 8
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russia
- Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow & St. Petersburg[2]: 10
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- The Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Hampshire]
- The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh[2]: 10
- Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar
Bristol
London
Manchester
- Band on the Wall
- Matt and Phreds
United States
- Artists' Quarter, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit
- Birdland[4][2]: 2
- Blue Note[2]: 2
- Blue Whale, Los Angeles
- Blues Alley, Washington, DC[2]: 3
- The Bottom Line[4]
- Café Bohemia[4]
- Café Society[4]
- Carnegie Hall[4]
- Colored Musicians Club, Buffalo, New York
- Condon's[4]
- Cotton Club[4]
- Dakota Jazz Club[2]: 4
- Dimitriou's Jazz Alley[5][2]: 5
- Five Spot
- Keystone Korner, Baltimore, MD[2]: 2
- Lulu White's Mahogany Hall, Storyville, New Orleans[4][2]: 4
- Nick's[4]
- Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans[4][2]: 4
- Regal Theater[4]
- Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge[4]
- Savoy Ballroom[4]
- Smalls Jazz Club[2]: 3
- Tipitina's, Uptown, New Orleans[4][2]: 4
- The Village Gate[4]
- Village Vanguard[4][2]: 3
- Yoshi's, Oakland[2]: 5
See also
References
- ↑ "What Killed Jazz? The Plot Thickens". JazzWax. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Alkyer, Frank (February 2024). "DownBeat 2024 International Jazz Venue Guide". DownBeat. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- 1 2 3 4 Todd, Jeffrey D. (January 2012). "Mack Goldsbury (interview)". Cadence Magazine. Richland, OR: Cadence Magazine, LLC. 38 (1 (399)): 79–107. ISSN 0162-6973.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ron Wynn, ed. (1994), "Venues", All Music Guide to Jazz, M. Erlewine, V. Bogdanov, San Francisco: Miller Freeman, pp. 715–721, ISBN 0-87930-308-5
- ↑ Sutro, Dirk (2006). Jazz for Dummies. For Dummies (2nd ed.). p. 240. ISBN 9780471768449. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links
- Jazz Near You: 20,000 venue listings