NYC Jazz Clubs

Birdland Jazz Club, A Marquee NYC Venue, Sounds the Alarm to Raise Vital Funding

By • Jan 4, 2021
Jonathan Chimene / WBGO

Birdland Jazz Club has officially joined the endangered venue list.

A GoFundMe campaign initiated this week aims to raise at least $250,000 to help prevent the venue from closing permanently, in the wake of a nine-month draught precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

'Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s' Opens a Portal to the Past, and a Dialogue

By • Dec 8, 2020
courtesy of Jeff Gold and Harper Design

“It really was a paradisical place to be, the jazz club.” 

Jazz Standard Closes Due to Pandemic, But May Reemerge

By Janice Kirkel • Dec 4, 2020
Jonathan Chimene / WBGO

The pandemic has claimed its first major New York City jazz club. Jazz Standard, which opened in 1997, has shut its doors.