r/LiveJazzNYC

All of us who live here know about The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and I’m certainly invested in your views on all of those, but I’m especially interested in any venues you like that are less well-known, including bars and dives that may only have music a couple of days a week. Personally, I prefer the clubs that don’t serve dinner, because I find dinner service during a set distracting.

I’m all for the developing jazz scene in Brooklyn, and I know that a bunch of great musicians call Brooklyn home, including some of our best avant-garde musicians, but is it worth a trip from Manhattan when there’s so much to choose from and new clubs keep opening? Maybe some Brooklyn fans could provide guidance on which Brooklyn venues are worth the trip from Manhattan.