LONDON Jazz Clubs

606 Club. 90 Lots Road, London, SW10. Tel: 020 7352 5953 [Good jazz. Good food. Both in their old location and the new one of the best venues in London.Two Jazz groups a night Monday through Wednesday, 8:00 pm - 1.00 am. Thursdays we have one band playing from 9:30 pm -1:30am, Fridays and Saturdays 10:00pm - 2.00 am. The Club has a policy of booking local British based musicians, and as such provides a platform for some of the finest British musicians, as well as encouraging a considerable number of younger players. The Club employs more than ten different bands a week, making it one of the largest club promoters of Jazz in Europe. There is no entry fee, instead the musicians are funded from a Music Charge which is added to the bill at the end of the night, these charges are currently £5.00/head Sunday - Thursday, £6.00/head Friday and Saturday.]

100 Club. 100 Oxford Street, London W1. Tel: 020 7636 0953. [Originally established as a showcase for the young Feldmans. The 100 club has had a long and distingished history as key venue on the London jazz scene]

 

Archduke Bar and Restaurant. Concert Hall Approach, South Bank, London SE1. Tel: 020 7928 9370. [Monday-Saturday]

Blow The Fuse Jazz Club. The Lion. 132 Church Street, Stoke Newington N16. Tel 020 7254 8935.

Boaters. Canbury Gardens, Lower Ham Road, Kingston. KT2 5AU. Tel: 020 8541 4672. [Live music, every Sunday evening from 8.30pm, featuring some of London's finest jazz musicians. The location is a picturesque pub, on the banks of the river Thames, and admission is free.]

Boisdale. 15 Eccleston Street, Belgravia. SW1W 9LX. Tel: 020 730 6922 Fax: 020 7730 0548 [The Macdonald Bar has a late licence until 1.00am with live jazz and blues from the thirties and forties played by The Boisdale Blue Rhythm Band Charge is payable by non -Members after 10.00pm - £2.50 for those already on the premises, £10.00 for those arriving after 10.00pm]

Cafe OTO. 18-22 Ashwin street, Dalston. [Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream ]

Del'Aziz Bermondsey. 11 Bermondsey Sq. London. SE1 3UN. Tel: 02074072991 [contact: Suna Solak. Del'Aziz is an Eastern Mediterranean restaurant, bar and bakery with live jazz almost every night of the week across our 5 locations. Food is served from 8am-10:30pm. Detailed event calendar can be found on our website.]

Dover Street Restaurant & Bar. 8-10 Dover Street Mayfair. Tel: 020 7491 7509 Fax: 020 7491 2958 [contact: Larry Pryce Three bars open until 3am every night of the week. With a lively mixture of top Jazz, Soul and R& B bands]

East Side Jazz Club. The Crown pub, 692 High Road, Leytonstone Tel: 020 8989 8129 [Contact: Clive Fenner. East London's premier modern jazz club. Upstairs at The Crown. Tuesdays from 8.30 Door £5]

Googlies. Botany Bay Cricket Club. East Lodge Lane, Enfield. London EN2. [Listen to the most prominent performers in British Jazz, in comfort and with the option of having supper, you are invited to join our jazz supper club. Jazz Supper Club is open every Thursday evening from 7.30]

Jazz at The Con Cellar Bar. The Constitution, 42 St Pancras Way. Camden Town. Tel: 07830255958. [Contact: Richard Turner. A best Jazz night in Camden Town, runs every Monday night. Thanks to The Con Cellar Bar many of London's formost young musicians have had the chance to air their original music on a weekly basis. Wide range of drinks in the Bar. 8:30pm. £3 Entry. Nearest Tube- Camden Town(nothern line), Camden Road Overland 29, 253 bus route.]

Jazz at the White Lion. 232 Streatham High Street, London SW16 1BB. Tel: 075 0015 0544 and 020 8677 3341 [Every Friday.]

Jazz Live at the Crypt. St. Giles Church 81, Camberwell Church St. London, SE5 8RB. Tel: 020 7701 1016 [contact: Les . Jazz Live is host to some of the best live jazz events in the capital. Top bands appear at the weekly Friday night sessions. All jazz tastes are catered for in the friendliest jazz club in town. Jazz Live opens at 8pm for our fine restaurant were food costs as little as £10 for a three course meal. Bar prices are very reasonable. Jazz Live closes at around 1am. Admission £6/£4. First set 9.30. Tube to Oval or Elephant and then many buses to Camberwell Green. See www.jazzlive.co.uk/gethere.htm

Le Quecumbar & Brasserie. 42-44 Battersea High Street, LOndon SW11. Tel: 020 7787 2227 Fax: 020 7787 2225.[contact: Sylvia Rushbrooke. We are 1930's French wine bar/music bar, we specialise in Django Reinhardt style Parisian swing and gypsy jazz hot club as well as other acoustic nostalgic jazz acts. Open mon-thu 7-11 fr&sat 6-11 sun 12.30-5.00. Bistro menu, and good world wines, intimate Parisian chic interior with summer tropical garden and pavement seating. Patron Angelo Debarre the world famous French gypsy swing guitarist. We have many famous guitar names play here and we support and promote new and exisiting talent]

Mill Hill Jazz Club. Mill Hill Sports Club, Grahame Park Way, Mlll Hill, London NW7 2AL. Tel: 020 8958 4834. [contact: Paul Amsterdam. Takes place every Wednesday from 8.30pm. The Mill Hill Jazz Club has been providing live jazz music of the highest standard to North West London for over 6 years. All styles of jazz are played from traditional to acid-funk.]

Nomad Jazz London. 58 Old St. Tel: 020 7253 4443 [contact: Ed H-B. session. The jam session is every last Thursday of the month. 8.30-12 am. £5 entry (Free for musicians on jam night).]

Pizza Express. 10 Dean Street, London W1. Tel: 020 7439 8722 [Good atmosphere good food. Various groups and names]

Richmond and Twickenham Jazz Club. The Crown Bar and Kitchen 174 Richmond Road, Twickenham, London Richmond. Tel: 0208 286 3242 [ contact: Lesley & Kelvin Christiane. Thriving weekly (Thursday night) Jazz club an absolute must for Jazz Loving visitors to London. Featuring some of the best names in Jazz and constantly varied rhythm sections. Fabulous friendly atmosphere with good food and wine available,.See the real side of Local London Jazz. Musical authenticity and great welcome guaranteed Hosted by Lesley and kelvin Christiane (saxophonist and vocalist)]

Ronnie Scotts. 47 Frith Street, London W1. Tel: +44 20 7439 0747 Fax: +44 20 7437 5081 [contact: Pete King. Ronnie Scott And Pete King opened the club in the basement of 39 Gerrard Street on Friday 30th October 1959. Zoot Sims was the first American artist to play at Ronnie Scott's, the start of the club's reputation as one of the world's premier jazz venues. In the summer of 1965, Ronnie Scott's moved to its present home at 47 Frith Street in London's Soho. Since those early days, Ronnie Scott's has been at the heart of the jazz world, providing the setting for legendary residencies.]

Sam's Brasserie Jazz. 11 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick. Tel: 020 8987 0555 [Live jazz takes place in the bar every first and third Sunday of the month from 7.30pm - 9.30pm and features some of London's leading jazz artists. The jazz nights started in June 2009 and have proven to be hugely popular with both the locals and with jazz lovers across the capital.]

Seven Dials Club. 42 Earlham Street. Tel: 02076911577 [contact: Tom Ewer. Seven Dials Club runs regular Jazz nights, Monday Night Social Swing is a winner. Food from 6 in the evenings. Open 11 till 11.]

Spice of Life. 6 Moor Street,London W1D. Tel: 020 7739 3025 Fax: 020 7739 3025 [contact: Paul Pace. Spice Jazz is the beating heart and soul of London's West End. Wednesdays are singer's nights, accompanied by top-flight backing. We usually have three sets - mainly invited guests first, then a featured artist, followed by er, uninvited guests. Although the second set is the Real Thing, the last part of the evening can be truly astonishing... but please note, the following songs are banned: Misty, Cry Me a River, Stormy Weather and Summer-bloody-time. On Thursdays we feature combos, instrumentalists and soloists. Established names of the past, groovy names of the present and buzzy names of the future - they will all entertain you with timeless music. Or you could stay in and watch the TV.]
 

St Cyprian's. Glentworth Street NW1 6AX (corner of Ivor Place. Tube: Baker Street (2 mins). BR/Tube; Marylebone (3 mins) Buses; 2, 13, 27, 30, 74, 82, 113, 139, 189, 205, 274) London, NW1 6AX. Tel: 020 7724 2389 [Conatact: Basho Music. The church has invested in a state of the art heating system which will we mean we can continue with concerts in the beautiful venue. The music is chosen to accommodate the great acoustics and beauty of the church nave which was a favourite of poet Sir John Betjeman. Concerts are scheduled every other Tuesday and start on 13th March 2007 with the wonderful pianist Zoe Rahman who last year was nominated for a Mercury Music prize. "The church has become the setting for a series of adventurous jazz concerts ......most of the time, the sheer beauty of its sound seduced us too, shimmering round the ornate Anglo-Catholic interior of St Cyprian's, as Yoshiki Ban's ornate candles guttered and flickered" Alyn Shipton The Times 4 stars ****
Basho Music brings the very best of contemporary music to the community of Marylebone and beyond. Aimed at residents, including young people, those who work in the area, and music lovers throughout London, the concerts in the beautiful St Cyprian's church will provide a relaxing couple of hours of great acoustic music in the early evening.
Everyone is welcome and will be free to come and go as they wish during the concert. There will be a small charge on the door to cover costs.
St. Cyprian's does not have a liquor licence but you can bring your own alcohol. A small corkage charge will be made and glasses supplied. We serve a good range of soft drinks and snacks.]

The Bulls Head . 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13. Tel: 020 8765241 [South of the river. One of the longest established jazz pubs in London. Name bands and faces]

  

 Toulouse Lautrec. 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN. Tel: 0207 582 6800 [Bringing a touch of French flair to Kennington, Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec is a traditional brasserie and wine bar set inside a lovingly refurbished English pub. Managed by two brothers Maitre D’ Nolan & Head Chef Florent, whose parents have run the neighbouring “Lobster Pot” restaurant since 1991, so there is plenty of authentic French charm on offer served by people who love what they do. Set over two floors, the warm and inviting space is divided into a rustic ground floor brasserie and an upstairs piano bar with free entry to professional live music performances played every night]

The Eleanor Arms. 460 Old Ford Road. London. E3 5JP. Tel: 07896208707 [contact: Frankie Colclough. A traditional pub, serving Shepherd Neame Ales. Listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Monthly Jam Session on the first Sunday of each month. Intimate atmosphere.]

The Grosvenor. 17 Sidney Road, Stockwell. London SW9 0TP. Tel: 020 773 31799. [contact: John Dyson. Jazz/jam FREE sessions on Tuesdays. 8.30pm till late]

The Lord Napier. Beulah Road, Thornton Heath, nr Croydon, Greater London. Tel: 01732 356441 [contact: Tom Wilkshire. The Lord Napier, home of the late great Bill Brunskill, is one of the longest running Jazz Pubs in Great Britain. The LN Jazz Band is resident on Sunday lunch times 12.30 till 2.30pm weekly admission £2. The Pub does a good Sunday roast lunch. Also, Trad nights are on 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursdays of the month with The LNJB and other Bands playing from 8.30 to 11pm admission free. The pub has a friendly happy atmosphere with a real fire and a dance floor]
 

Troubadour. 265-267 Old Brompton Road, London, UK SW5 9JA Tel: + 44 020 7341 6333 {Live Jazz Sundays & Mondays, After our long hiatus, Sebastiaan de Krom and Friends finally return to our Troubadour stage every Sunday and Monday. We can't wait to see them after such a long absence. Table reservation recommended.}

Twickenham Jazz Club. The Rising Sun. 277 Richmond Road TW1 2NP.

The Vortex. 11 Gillett Street, London N16 8JH. Tel: 020 7690 6661. [Legendary jazz club now open in new premises in Dalston, North London. Jazz legends and up and coming new talent from mainstream to avant garde]