Jazz Standard (jazz club) explained

Jazz Standard
Address:116 East 27th Street
Location:New York City
Coordinates:40.7422°N -73.9838°W
Type:jazz club
Genre:music
Opened:[1]
Owner:Danny Meyer
Seating Capacity:150
Publictransit:Subway

at 28th Street

Jazz Standard was a jazz club located at 116 East 27th Street in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It frequently hosted well-known bands and musicians. The club was owned by restaurateur Danny Meyer and was located in the basement of one of his Blue Smoke restaurants.

The Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra, and Mingus Dynasty rotated every Monday night as the club's de facto house bands. The former won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for their album Live at Jazz Standard. The Maria Schneider Orchestra played a week-long gig at the club every Thanksgiving from 2005 to 2019.[2]

The magazine New York listed the club as a ″top 5 jazz joint″.[3] The New York City Jazz Record named Jazz Standard the "venue of the year" 2017.

On December 2, 2020, the Jazz Standard announced it would be closing its doors at 116 East 27th Street permanently, due to lack of revenue from COVID-19 and stalled rent negotiations.[4]

History

When the club opened in the fall of 1997 the upstairs restaurant was called "Standard".

Discography

Notes and References

  1. News: Nightlife preview – New Clubs . . 131 . September 8, 1997.
  2. Web site: Fred . Kaplan . Maria Schneider's Jazz Orchestra: Thanksgiving Week at the Jazz Standard . . November 23, 2017.
  3. Web site: Top 5 Jazz Joints" . . July 7, 2015.
  4. Web site: Pearis. Bill. December 2, 2020. NYC's Jazz Standard has closed permanently due to COVID. Brooklyn Vegan. December 2, 2020.