List of jazz venues

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. 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 Jazzland, Vienna Porgy & Bess, Vienna

Belgium

Antwerp Antwerp Jazz Club (AJC)

Brussels Hot Club of Belgium Jazz Station nl:L'Archiduc

Canada

Edmonton Yardbird Suite

Montreal Dièse Onze Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill

Toronto Colonial Tavern George's Spaghetti House The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar Town Tavern

Vancouver Frankie's Jazz Club

Czech Republic AghaRTA Jazz Centrum, Prague The Jazz Dock, Prague

Denmark Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen

Estonia Philly Joe's Jazz Club, Tallinn

Finland Storyville, Helsinki

France

Paris

Le Baiser Salé Le Caveau de la Huchette Le Chat Qui Pêche Le Duc des Lombards New Morning Sunset/Sunside

Marseille La Caravelle

Germany

Berlin A-Trane B-flat

Cologne The Loft Subway

Frankfurt Jazzkeller Frankfurt

Hamburg Birdland Mojo Club

Mannheim Ella & Louis Jazz Club

Munich Jazzclub Unterfahrt

Stuttgart BIX Jazzclub

Tübingen Jazz im Prinz Karl

Israel Beit HaAmudim, Tel Aviv

Italy

Milan Blue Note

Rome Alexanderplatz Casa del Jazz

Japan Body & Soul, Tokyo Pit Inn, Tokyo Slowboat, Sapporo

Latvia M/Darbnīca, Riga VEF Jazz Club, Riga

Mexico Zinco Jazz Club, Mexico City

Netherlands Bimhuis, Amsterdam

Norway Victoria Nasjonal Jazz Scene, Oslo

Portugal Hot Club of Portugal, Lisbon

Russia Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow & St. Petersburg

Spain Jamboree, Barcelona

Sweden Fasching, Stockholm

Switzerland Marian's Jazz Room, Bern

Turkey The Badau, Istanbul Nardis Jazz Club, Istanbul Shaft, Istanbul

United Kingdom The Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Hampshire The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar

Bristol East Bristol Jazz Club

London 606 Club Cafe OTO Club Eleven Ealing Jazz Club Jazz Café Le QuecumBar Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club The Bull's Head (Barnes) Vortex Jazz Club PizzaExpress Jazz Club

Manchester Band on the Wall Matt and Phreds

United States

Andy's Jazz Club, Chicago, Illinois Artists' Quarter, Saint Paul, Minnesota Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan Birdland, New York City Black Cat, San Francisco, California Blue Note, New York City Blue Whale, Los Angeles Blues Alley, Washington, DC The Bottom Line, New York City Café Bohemia, New York City Café Society, New York City Carnegie Hall, New York City Colored Musicians Club, Buffalo, New York Condon's, New York City Cotton Club, New York City Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis, MN Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle Five Spot, New York City Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago, Illinois The Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis, Indiana Jazz Showcase, Chicago, Illinois Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, California Keystone Korner, Baltimore, MD Lulu White's Mahogany Hall, Storyville, New Orleans Nick's, New York City Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge Savoy Ballroom, New York City SFJAZZ, San Francisco, California Smalls Jazz Club, New York City Tipitina's, Uptown, New Orleans The Village Gate, New York City Village Vanguard, New York City Yoshi's, Oakland, California

List of jazz venues

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