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Morningside Heights and Harlem : 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.