Jazz Standard (jazz club)

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Bassist Alex Blake on stage at Jazz Standard in 2007.

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 magazine New York listed the club as a "top 5 jazz joint".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The New York City Jazz Record named Jazz Standard the "venue of the year" 2017.

History

When the club opened in the fall of 1997 the upstairs restaurant was called "Standard".<ref name="nymag" />

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="Brooklyn Vegan">Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

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