Village Vanguard

Veeery cool place!

My favorite jazz club in the world.

Nothing I say below in any way reflects on the excellent artists we heard the night we were here. I won't even mention their names. It would be easier to name the jazz musicians you have heard of that never plaid the Vanguard than the other way around. NEVER THE LESS, this place is a pit. Crowded without enough air conditioning to handle the crowd, the service was lousy and the acoustics, well, anti-acoustics would be a better word. I don't know how these folks get by the building code. It appeared that there was only one way out up the claustrophobic entrance way. This is definitely not the place to see a Hawaiian fire dance. Clearly these folks have been trading on their rep for a long time. They'll not do it on my dime again. I am giving this a two star only because I can't bring myself to put aside the excellent music.