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Morningside Heights and Harlem : Places for Music

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Top 10 Places for Music

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  • 1. Lenox Lounge

    A standby for 50 years, the lounge has a new retro look and features the latest sounds in jazz as well as more traditional numbers.

  • 2. Showman’s

    Live jazz is the lure on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday nights at this club, where the vibes and people are as cool as the music.

  • 3. Londel’s Supper Club

    Part of the new Harlem, with upscale ambience, waiters in tuxedos, delicious Southern fare, and good live jazz on weekends.

  • 4. St. Nick’s Pub

    Savion Glover and Ray Charles have been known to drop by at this popular venue. Live jazz can be heard six nights a week.

  • 5. Sylvia’s

    The place is jammed for Saturday and Sunday gospel brunches, and always fun despite the tour groups.

  • 6. Cotton Club

    Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway are long gone, and the location has changed, but the famous club of the 1920s is currently making a comeback.

  • 7. Apollo Theater

    This theater is Harlem’s famous showcase, where Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown launched their careers.

  • 8. Aaron Davis Hall

    Home to jazz series, as well as ballet, opera, and the Harlem Film Festival.

  • 9. Miller Theatre

    Columbia’s main performance venue runs the musical gamut, with jazz an important part.

  • 10. Smoke

    Columbia students and jazz lovers of all ages congregate at this intimate club to hear top notch jazz groups every weekend.

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