The Coolest Jazz Clubs Around the World

Sep 26, 2012 — Is your love of jazz supreme? Do you wake to Armstrong, dance to Davis, and sleep to Coltrane? Then grab a martini and catch some of the best live jazz at these top clubs around the globe. Every city has its own take on jazz and its own unique sound. From Chicago to Paris, these jazz clubs play through the night with syncopated rhythms to get your head bobbing and toes tapping.

Whatever you’re in the mood for, these clubs have something for everyone. Grab a partner and swing through the smoky dance floor under dim red lights. Or discover the chaotic sounds of acid jazz with a cocktail in hand. Catch headlining acts like Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, and Keith Jarrett. Or stumble upon emerging young artists like the Robert Glasper Experience and Vijay Iyer Trio. No matter what, make your way into some of these epic jazz spots – because you never know when you might be witnessing the next Thelonious Monk behind the piano.

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Ronnie Scott's

Jazz Club / Live Music Venue
Ronnie Scott’s, London’s oldest jazz venue and a Soho institution, has hosted legends like Jimi Hendrix and continues the tradition by booking the best acts in the world. Low lighting sets the mood in this intimate one-of-a-kind spot, where the dark and understated décor is clearly designed to put the emphasis on the music. A small stage front and
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London

47 Frith Street
Soho London W1D 4HT

020 7439 0747
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Venice Jazz Club

Jazz Club / Live Music Venue / Lounge
The only club of its kind in the city, the Venice Jazz Club is an intimate music venue with an artsy, almost underground vibe. The club attracts a savvy clientele of jazz lovers who gather to appreciate classic jazz, bossa nova, and hot improvisations played by some of the area’s finest musicians. The slightly edgy mood is set right off the bat
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Venice

Dorsoduro 3102, Ponte dei Pugni
30123 Venice

041 5232056
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Blue Note

Bar / Jazz Club / Restaurant
A New York standard for live jazz since 1981, Blue Note draws a savvy clientele of jazz buffs, entertainment professionals, and hip out-of-towners alike looking for hot tunes in a cool and classy setting. Once past the piano-shaped awning, patrons are ushered to one of the blue lacquered tables facing the small stage, where they join a mix of
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New York

131 West 3rd Street
New York, NY 10012

212‑475‑8592
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Jazz Café Alto

Café / Jazz Bar / Live Music Venue
Dimly illuminated by rustic lanterns, candles, and strings of soft lights, Jazz Café Alto is a quaint, smoky bar just off of Leidseplein that offers fantastic live jazz every night of the week. Over fifty years old, Alto’s has played host to three generations of regulars. Wood floors and walls covered in photographs of local and legendary jazz cats
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Amsterdam

Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 115
1017 Amsterdam

020 6263249
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Kingston Mines

Blues Club / Historic Bar / Jazz Club / Restaurant
Founded in 1968 as one of Chicago’s first blues clubs, Kingston Mines has stood witness to more than a few big players in the industry wailing about how their woman left them. Playbills from past performances, old photos of legendary singers, and vintage murals of African American history dot the room, while mismatched ceiling tiles and peeling
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Chicago

2548 North Halsted
Chicago, IL 60614

773‑477‑4646
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Harlem Jazz Club

Jazz Club / Live Music Venue
Lost in the back streets of Barcelona’s labyrinthine Barri Gòtic, Harlem Jazz Club’s hard-to-find location doesn’t deter the loyal crowd of music lovers, local and international, who descend on the venue six nights a week. The mid-sized space fits the bill perfectly, with a small front bar area offering refreshment and conversation and a stage in
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Barcelona

Carrer de Comtessa de Sobradiel, 8
08002 Barcelona

93 310 07 55
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The Beehive

Bar / Jazz Club / Music Venue / Restaurant
An upscale bohemian bar and eatery featuring live jazz, The Beehive is a South End staple popular with music lovers, young professionals, and artistic types looking for sophisticated fun. Located in the Boston Center for the Arts building, the split-level venue boasts a shabby chic décor featuring distressed white brick walls, exposed pipes, ornate
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Boston

541 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116

617‑423‑0069
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B-Flat

Jazz Club / Music Venue
B-Flat is a roomy jazz club offering live music Mondays through Saturdays. Yellow walls and small orange-and-red industrial lighting fixtures create an urban jazz club vibe, and the scattered tables, while visually underwhelming, provide comfy perches from which to enjoy the show. Fortunately, the décor does not detract from the small, elevated
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Berlin

Rosenthaler Strasse 13
10119 Berlin

030 28386835
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Bohemian Caverns

Bar / Jazz Club / Live Music Venue / Lounge / Restaurant
It’s easy to see where this intimate music venue gets its name – the performance area quite literally looks like a cave – and while the three-story complex is also home to a separate restaurant and dance club, it’s the basement jazz that has made Bohemian Caverns an historical institution. Music lovers tunnel down into a subterranean space
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Washington, DC

2003 11th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

202‑299‑0800
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Café Jazz Populart

Jazz Club / Live Music Venue
Located in the heart of the sizzling nightlife of Huertas – a legendary strip of clubs and bars on the eastern side of the city center – the critically acclaimed Café Jazz Populart is one of Madrid’s oldest and most popular jazz clubs, which presents a diverse roster of live performances that include reggae, jazz, Afro-Brazilian, blues, and salsa.
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Madrid

Calle de las Huertas, 22
28014 Madrid

91 429 84 07
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