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Best Jazz Venues 2019: Rankings

This poll closes on April 16, 2019 | Voters: 3,892

Tiebreaker goes to the venue whose Jazz Near You page has the most views.

1

Bop Stop

Cleveland, OH

2

Village Vanguard

New York, NY

3

Philly Joe's

Tallinn, Estonia

4

Piedmont Piano Company

Oakland, CA

5

Smalls Jazz Club

New York, NY

6

Vortex Jazz Club

London, United Kingdom

7

Yoshi's Oakland

Oakland, CA

8

Ronnie Scott's

London, United Kingdom

9

Blue Note New York

New York, NY

10

SFJAZZ Center

San Francisco, CA

11

An Die Musik Live

Baltimore, MD

12

Le Chat Noir De Salis

Miami, FL

13

Dizzy's Club

New York, NY

14

The Jazz Corner

Hilton Head Island, SC

15

Fiesta Sunset Jazz

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

16

Blues Alley

Washington, DC

17

The Bear Club

Luton, United Kingdom

18

Birdland

New York, NY

19

Bimhuis

Amsterdam, Netherlands

20

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

New York, NY

21

Chris' Jazz Cafe

Philadelphia, PA

22

Dazzle Jazz Club

Denver, CO

23

BLU Jazz+

Akron, OH

24

The Sound Room

Oakland, CA

25

Mezzrow Jazz Club

New York, NY

26

Sam First

Los Angeles, CA

27

Crooners Supper Club

Minneapolis, MN

28

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Chicago, IL

29

South Jazz Club

Philadelphia, PA

30

606 Club

London, United Kingdom

31

Catalina Jazz Club

Hollywood, CA

32

California Jazz Conservatory

Berkeley, CA

33

Art Boutiki

San Jose, CA

34

Jazz Showcase

Chicago, IL

35

Iridium

New York, NY

36

Birdland Theater

New York, NY

37

Jazz Alley

Seattle, WA

38

PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

London, United Kingdom

39

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, CA

40

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz, CA

41

Chocolate Secrets

Dallas, TX

42

Cafe OTO

London, United Kingdom

43

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

New Orleans, LA

44

The Jazz Gallery

New York, NY

45

Duc Des Lombards

Paris, France

46

Porgy & Bess

Vienna, Austria

47

The Baked Potato

Studio City, CA

48

Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club

Denver, CO

49

Umeå Jazzstudio

Umeå, Sweden

50

Blue Note Milan

Milan, Italy

51

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

Minneapolis, MN

52

Jazz Club Ferrara

Ferrara, Italy

53

Blue Note Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

54

Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York, NY

55

The Nash

Phoenix, AZ

56

Philadelphia Clef Club Of Jazz

Philadelphia, PA

57

Scullers Jazz Club

Boston, MA

58

Jazz Forum

Tarrytown, NY

59

New Morning

Paris, France

60

Cafe Stritch

San Jose, CA

61

Regattabar

Cambridge, MA

62

Vibrato Grill Jazz

Bel Air, CA

63

Fasching

Stockholm, Sweden

64

Sunset-Sunside

Paris, France

65

Arthur's Blues and Jazz

Dublin, Ireland

66

Jazz Cafe

London, United Kingdom

67

Mr. Tipple's Jazz Club

San Francisco, CA

68

Band On The Wall

Manchester, United Kingdom

69

Jazzclub Unterfahrt

Munich, Germany

70

Zinc Bar

New York, NY

71

Moods

Zurich, Switzerland

72

Andy's Jazz Club

Chicago, IL

73

The Stone

New York, NY

74

Black Cat

San Francisco, CA

75

Constellation

Chicago, IL

76

A-Trane Jazz Club

Berlin, Germany

77

John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts

Washington, DC

78

Caton Castle

Baltimore, MD

79

Lilypad

Cambridge, MA

80

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

Pittsburgh, PA

81

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Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Half Moon Bay, CA

82

The Back Room

Berkeley, CA

83

Blue Note Napa

Napa, CA

84

Blue Note Rio

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

85

Jazz Kitchen

Indianapolis, IN

86

Lantaren Venster

Rotterdam, Netherlands

87

The Side Door Jazz Club

Old Lyme, CT

88

Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Detroit, MI

89

Paris Cat Jazz Club

Melbourne, Australia

90

Jazz at the Bistro

St. Louis, MO

91

Lagniappe House

Miami, FL

92

Jamboree

Barcelona, Spain

93

Jazzhus Montmartre

Copenhagen, Denmark

94

Barbican Centre

London, United Kingdom

95

Time Restaurant

Philadelphia, PA

96

Deer Head Inn

Delaware Water Gap, PA

97

World Cafe Live

Philadelphia, PA

98

Music Box Supper Club

Cleveland, OH

99

The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar

Toronto, Canada

100

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Philadelphia, PA

1

Bop Stop

Cleveland, OH

2

Village Vanguard

New York, NY

3

Piedmont Piano Company

Oakland, CA

4

Smalls Jazz Club

New York, NY

5

Yoshi's Oakland

Oakland, CA

6

Blue Note New York

New York, NY

7

SFJAZZ Center

San Francisco, CA

8

An Die Musik Live

Baltimore, MD

9

Le Chat Noir De Salis

Miami, FL

10

Dizzy's Club

New York, NY

11

The Jazz Corner

Hilton Head Island, SC

12

Blues Alley

Washington, DC

13

Birdland

New York, NY

14

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

New York, NY

15

Chris' Jazz Cafe

Philadelphia, PA

16

Dazzle Jazz Club

Denver, CO

17

BLU Jazz+

Akron, OH

18

The Sound Room

Oakland, CA

19

Mezzrow Jazz Club

New York, NY

20

Sam First

Los Angeles, CA

21

Crooners Supper Club

Minneapolis, MN

22

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge

Chicago, IL

23

South Jazz Club

Philadelphia, PA

24

Catalina Jazz Club

Hollywood, CA

25

California Jazz Conservatory

Berkeley, CA

26

Art Boutiki

San Jose, CA

27

Jazz Showcase

Chicago, IL

28

Iridium

New York, NY

29

Birdland Theater

New York, NY

30

Jazz Alley

Seattle, WA

31

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, CA

32

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz, CA

33

Chocolate Secrets

Dallas, TX

34

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

New Orleans, LA

35

The Jazz Gallery

New York, NY

36

The Baked Potato

Studio City, CA

37

Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club

Denver, CO

38

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

Minneapolis, MN

39

Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York, NY

40

The Nash

Phoenix, AZ

41

Philadelphia Clef Club Of Jazz

Philadelphia, PA

42

Scullers Jazz Club

Boston, MA

43

Jazz Forum

Tarrytown, NY

44

Cafe Stritch

San Jose, CA

45

Regattabar

Cambridge, MA

46

Vibrato Grill Jazz

Bel Air, CA

47

Mr. Tipple's Jazz Club

San Francisco, CA

48

Zinc Bar

New York, NY

49

Andy's Jazz Club

Chicago, IL

50

The Stone

New York, NY

51

Black Cat

San Francisco, CA

52

Constellation

Chicago, IL

53

John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts

Washington, DC

54

Caton Castle

Baltimore, MD

55

Lilypad

Cambridge, MA

56

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

Pittsburgh, PA

57

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Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Half Moon Bay, CA

58

The Back Room

Berkeley, CA

59

Blue Note Napa

Napa, CA

60

Jazz Kitchen

Indianapolis, IN

61

The Side Door Jazz Club

Old Lyme, CT

62

Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Detroit, MI

63

Jazz at the Bistro

St. Louis, MO

64

Lagniappe House

Miami, FL

65

Time Restaurant

Philadelphia, PA

66

Deer Head Inn

Delaware Water Gap, PA

67

World Cafe Live

Philadelphia, PA

68

Music Box Supper Club

Cleveland, OH

69

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Philadelphia, PA

70

7 Mile House

Brisbane, CA

71

House of Blues - Cleveland

Cleveland, OH

72

Roulette

Brooklyn, NY

73

Le Poisson Rouge

New York, NY

74

Elephant Room

Austin, TX

75

Bird & Beckett Books & Records

San Francisco, CA

76

The Velvet Note

Alpharetta, GA

77

Creative Alliance

Baltimore, MD

78

Wally's Cafe

Boston, MA

79

Shanghai Jazz Restaurant & Bar

Madison, NJ

80

The Falcon

Marlboro, NY

81

Bar LunAtico

Brooklyn, NY

82

Brothers Lounge

Cleveland, OH

83

Penn Live Arts

Philadelphia, PA

84

The Baltimore Museum Of Art

Baltimore, MD

85

Scat Jazz Lounge

Fort Worth, TX

86

Hollywood Bowl

Los Angeles, CA

87

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club

Bethesda, MD

88

Ibeam Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY

89

Blue Room

Kansas City, MO

90

Triple Door

Seattle, WA

91

The World Stage

Los Angeles, CA

92

Elastic Arts

Chicago, IL

93

Minton's Playhouse

New York, NY

94

Musical Instrument Museum

Phoenix, AZ

95

The Stone At The New School

New York, NY

96

Winter's Jazz Club

Chicago, IL

97

Vieux Carre

Saint Paul, MN

98

Maureen's Jazz Cellar

Nyack, NY

99

Kerrytown Concert House

Ann Arbor, MI

100

Cliff Bell's

Detroit, MI

1

Philly Joe's

Tallinn, Estonia

2

Vortex Jazz Club

London, United Kingdom

3

Ronnie Scott's

London, United Kingdom

4

Fiesta Sunset Jazz

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

5

The Bear Club

Luton, United Kingdom

6

Bimhuis

Amsterdam, Netherlands

7

606 Club

London, United Kingdom

8

PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

London, United Kingdom

9

Cafe OTO

London, United Kingdom

10

Duc Des Lombards

Paris, France

11

Porgy & Bess

Vienna, Austria

12

Umeå Jazzstudio

Umeå, Sweden

13

Blue Note Milan

Milan, Italy

14

Jazz Club Ferrara

Ferrara, Italy

15

Blue Note Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

16

New Morning

Paris, France

17

Fasching

Stockholm, Sweden

18

Sunset-Sunside

Paris, France

19

Arthur's Blues and Jazz

Dublin, Ireland

20

Jazz Cafe

London, United Kingdom

21

Band On The Wall

Manchester, United Kingdom

22

Jazzclub Unterfahrt

Munich, Germany

23

Moods

Zurich, Switzerland

24

A-Trane Jazz Club

Berlin, Germany

25

Blue Note Rio

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

26

Lantaren Venster

Rotterdam, Netherlands

27

Paris Cat Jazz Club

Melbourne, Australia

28

Jamboree

Barcelona, Spain

29

Jazzhus Montmartre

Copenhagen, Denmark

30

Barbican Centre

London, United Kingdom

31

The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar

Toronto, Canada

32

El Vergel Bistro

San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

33

Opus Jazz Club

Budapest, Hungary

34

Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill

Montreal, Canada

35

PizzaExpress Live Holborn

London, United Kingdom

36

Jazzkeller Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany

37

Glenn Miller Café

Stockholm, Sweden

38

The Jazzlab

Melbourne, Australia

39

The Jazz Bar

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

40

Bird's Basement Jazz Club

Melbourne, Australia

41

Frankie's Jazz Club

Vancouver, Canada

42

Southbank Centre

London, United Kingdom

43

Yardbird Suite

Edmonton, Canada

44

Nasjonal Jazzscene

Oslo, Norway

45

Wakefield Jazz

Wakefield, United Kingdom

46

Hot Clube de Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal

47

Jazz Club Nefertiti

Gothenburg, Sweden

48

AghaRTA Jazz Centrum

Prague , Czechia

49

Copenhagen Jazzhouse

Copenhagen, Denmark

50

Iklectik

London, United Kingdom

51

Hideaway

London, United Kingdom

52

Pop & Jazz Konservatorio

Helsinki, Finland

53

Kansas Smitty's

London, United Kingdom

54

Oliver's Jazz Bar

London, United Kingdom

55

Turner Sims

Southampton, United Kingdom

56

Flagey

Brussels, Belgium

57

Zinco Jazz Club

Mexico City, Mexico

58

Koko Jazz Club

Helsinki, Finland

59

The Verdict

Brighton, United Kingdom

60

b-flat

Berlin, Germany

61

Paradox Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

62

Jazz Café Alto

Amsterdam, Netherlands

63

Jazz At The Lescar

Sheffield, United Kingdom

64

Jazz Café Montparnasse

Paris, France

65

The Orbit Jazz Club

Johannesburg, South Africa

66

The Stables

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

67

The Concorde Club

Southampton, United Kingdom

68

Jazzland Vienna

Vienna, Austria

69

Dieze Onze

Montreal, Canada

70

Jazz Nights At Acropolis

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

71

Splendor

Amsterdam, Netherlands

72

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Lisbon, Portugal

73

La Fontaine

Copenhagen, Denmark

74

Bird

Rotterdam, Netherlands

75

Diese Onze

Montreal, Canada

76

Jazz Dock Club

Prague, Czechia

77

Klub Alchemia

Krakow, Poland

78

Uptown Jazz Cafe

Melbourne, Australia

79

Resonance Café

Montreal, Canada

80

Matt and Phreds

Manchester, United Kingdom

81

Trompete Taproom

Riga, Latvia

82

Jazzlive at The Crypt

London, United Kingdom

83

BIX Jazzclub

Stuttgart, Germany

84

Jazz Cafe POSK

London, United Kingdom

85

38 Riv

Paris, France

86

ZWE Jazzcafe

Vienna, Austria

87

Le Baiser Sale

Paris, France

88

ZigZag Jazzclub

Berlin, Germany

89

The Spin

Oxford, United Kingdom

90

Bulls Head Jazz Club

London, United Kingdom

91

Total Refreshment Centre

London, United Kingdom

92

Caveau De La Huchette

Paris, France

93

Loft

Cologne, Germany

94

Club La Zorra Y El Cuervo

La Habana, Cuba

95

100 Club

London, United Kingdom

96

Le Gesù

Montreal, Canada

97

Ribble Valley Jazz & Blues, Clitheroe Cricket Club

Clitheroe, United Kingdom

98

Montreux Jazz Club

Montreux, Switzerland

99

Jazz Bistro

Toronto, Canada

100

King's Place

London, United Kingdom

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