List of jazz venues in the United States
This is a list of notable American venues where jazz music is, or has been, played. It includes jazz clubs, nightclubs, dancehalls and historic venues as well.
Alabama[]
- Carver Theatre, Birmingham
California[]
Los Angeles metropolitan area[]
- The Baked Potato, Studio City
- Billy Berg's, Hollywood
- Catalina Bar & Grill, Hollywood
- Donte's, North Hollywood[1]
- Down Beat, Central Avenue[2]
- Dunbar Hotel, Central Avenue[2]
- The Haig, Hollywood
- Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill & Jazz, Bel Air
- Jazz Bakery, Culver City
- Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach[2][3]
- Lincoln Theater, Central Avenue[2]
- Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood[2]
- Quality Cafe, Downtown
San Francisco Bay Area[]
- , San Jose
- Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco[3]
- Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco
- Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco[3]
- Kuumbwa, Downtown Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz[3]
- Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley[3]
- Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
- SF Jazz Center, San Francisco
- Yoshi's Jazz Club, Jack London Square, Oakland
District of Columbia[]
- Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington
- Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington
- KC Jazz Club (Kennedy Center), Foggy Bottom, Washington
Georgia[]
- Eddie's Attic, Atlanta
Hawaii[]
- Blue Note Hawaii, Waikiki, Honolulu
Illinois[]
Chicago[]
Indiana[]
- Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis
Louisiana[]
- Lulu White's Mahogany Hall, Storyville, New Orleans[3]
- Maple Leaf Bar, Uptown, New Orleans
- Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans[3]
- Snug Harbor, Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans
- Tipitina's, Uptown, New Orleans[3]
Maryland[]
- Sportsmen's Lounge, Baltimore[3]
Massachusetts[]
- Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton
- Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge[3]
- Scullers Jazz Club, Cambridge
Boston[]
- Hi-Hat[3]
- Jazz Workshop[3]
- Lulu White's[3]
- Paul's Mall[3]
- Southland
- Storyville[3]
- Wally's Cafe
Michigan[]
Detroit[]
- Baker's Keyboard Lounge
- Blue Bird Inn
- Cliff Bell's
- Orchestra Hall, or Paradise Theater[3]
Minnesota[]
- Artists' Quarter, Twin Cities
- Dakota Jazz Club, Twin Cities
Missouri[]
- Subway Club, Kansas City[3]
- Peacock Alley, St. Louis
Nebraska[]
- Dreamland Ballroom, North Omaha
New Jersey[]
Newark, New Jersey[]
New York[]
New York City[]
Manhattan[]
The south side of 52nd Street, between 5th & 6th Avenues – looking east from 6th Avenue (c. March 1948); photo by William P. Gottlieb
- Downbeat Jazz Club[3]
- Famous Door[3]
- Hickory House[3]
- Jazz Standard
- Jimmy Ryan's[3]
- Kelly's Stables
- Onyx Club[3]
- Three Deuces[3]
- Bowery
- Columbus Circle
- Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
- East Village
- Greenwich Village
- Arthur's Tavern
- Blue Note
- Boomer's[3]
- The Bottom Line[3]
- Café Bohemia[3]
- Café Society[3]
- Condon's[3]
- The Cookery[3]
- Nick's[3]
- Smalls Jazz Club
- The Village Gate[3]
- Village Vanguard[3]
- Harlem
- Alhambra[3]
- Apollo Theater, generally prior to the 1960s[3]
- Baby Grand[3]
- Cotton Club[3]
- Lenox Lounge
- Lincoln Theater[3]
- Minton's Playhouse[3]
- Clark Monroe's Uptown House[3]
- Savoy Ballroom[3]
- Smalls Paradise[3]
- Lower East Side
- Midtown Manhattan
- Birdland[3]
- Carnegie Hall[3]
- Iridium Jazz Club
- Metropole[3]
- Roseland Ballroom[3]
- Studio Rivbea (see Sam Rivers)[3]
- SoHo
- Ali's Alley (see Rashied Ali)[3]
- Upper West Side
- Mikell's
- Smoke
Ohio[]
- Jazz Central, Dayton[5]
Oregon[]
- Blue Monk, Portland
- Brasserie Montmartre, Portland
- Jack London Revue, Portland
- Jimmy Mak's, Portland
Pennsylvania[]
- Gullifty's, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia[]
- Earle[3]
- Lincoln Theater[3]
- Pearl Theatre
- Showboat[3]
- Zanzibar Blue
Tennessee[]
- The Palace, Memphis[3]
Texas[]
- Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth
- Sardines Ristorante Italiano, Fort Worth[6][7]
- Señor Blues, El Paso[8]
Virginia[]
- The Birchmere, Alexandria
Washington[]
- The Triple Door, Seattle
- Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle[9]
See also[]
- Jazz club
- List of jazz festivals
- List of concert halls
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
- List of opera houses
References[]
- ^ McIntyre, Doug and Penny Peyser (Directors) (2008). Trying to Get Good: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (DVD). February Films.
- ^ a b c d e O'Connell, Sean J. (30 April 2013). "Five Historic L.A. Jazz Spots". LA Weekly.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sterling, Guy (28 September 2003). "Jazztown USA: For generations, Newark was a musical mecca". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ Moss, Khalid (June 5, 2012). "Keeping Jazz Alive in Dayton". Dayton City Paper. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ Price, Michael H. (8 June 2008). "Musician forges a jazz-piano milestone at Sardines". Fort Worth Business Press. Vol. 23, no. 21. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. – via EBSCO (subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries)
- ^ Svokos, Heather (27 October 2011). "Say good-bye to Sardines, hello '80s bar". DFW.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Todd, Jeffrey D. (January 2012). "Mack Goldsbury (interview)". Cadence Magazine. Richland, OR: Cadence Magazine, LLC. 38 (1 (399)): 79–107. ISSN 0162-6973.
- ^ Sutro, Dirk (2006). Jazz for Dummies. For Dummies (2nd ed.). p. 240. ISBN 9780471768449. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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