Jazz in New York City

OAH Newsletter 36 (February 2008).
Copyright (c), Organization of American Historians.

New York City is the jazz capital of the world. You can hear groups in clubs, concert halls, restaurants, and taverns every night in all five Boroughs. Here are some suggestions for jazz fans during the OAH Convention.

You can find all the latest information on club and concert listings for jazz in New York City at <http://www.gothamjazz.com>. Go to <http://www.harlemonestop.com> and click on Music for great suggestions of music in Harlem.

Jazz at Lincoln Center
60th Street and Broadway. Go to the fifth floor for the Rose Theatre, the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, the Allen Room, and Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. See their website at <http://www.jalc.org/>.

Birdland
314 West 44th Street, Midtown,
<http://www.birdlandjazz.com>.

Iridium
650 Broadway, Midtown,
<http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com>.

The Blue Note
131 West 3rd Street, Greenwich Village,
<http://www.bluenotejazz.com>.

Village Vanguard
178 Seventh Avenue South, Greenwich Village,
<http://www.villagevanguard.com>.

Jazz Gallery
290 Hudson Street, Lower Manhattan,
<http://www.jazzgallery.org>.

The Stone
Avenue C and 2nd Street, Lower East Side,
<http://www.thestonenyc.com>.

Cleopatra's Needle
2485 Broadway, Upper West Side,
<http://www.cleopatrasneedleny.com>.

The Lenox Lounge
288 Lenox Avenue,
<http://www.lenoxlounge.com>,
is one place that always presents top jazz artists, but there is lots of great music in Harlem at all times.

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