5072 1691 Travel Travel To U.S. Cities New York City Travel true Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:13:05 -0700 /system/videos/4/72/50/5072.flv apple, bar, best, big, city, club, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, find, finding, go, going, great, Instructional, Jazz, Learn to, listen, listening, live, music, new, NY, nyc, plan, planning, Tips, tour, touring, tourist, travel, traveling, trip, How To Find Great Jazz in New York City http://www.howcast.com/videos/5072-How-To-Find-Great-Jazz-in-New-York-City http://www.howcast.com/videos/5072-How-To-Find-Great-Jazz-in-New-York-City/edit approved 151 640 480 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=5072"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=5072" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 11 SheriffThompson http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/nyc_jazz_sd_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 1285 false false false 32225 1 19 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/19.jpg Head to the Village Head to Greenwich Village, the home of jazz in New York City. Wander the cobble streets and you’re sure to find some cool spots.

]]> 32226 2 26 Tip You can’t go wrong with the Blue Note or the Village Vanguard, the legendary Greenwich Village club now in its seventh decade.

]]> 32227 3 34 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/34.jpg Check out Birdland Check out Birdland. Now located north of Greenwich Village on West 44 Street, Birdland originally opened a few blocks up Broadway in 1949—with headliner Charlie Parker.

]]> 32228 4 45 Tip Know your jazz etiquette. Don’t talk loudly—you’re supposed to be listening!—and applaud at the end of each solo.

]]> 32229 5 52 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/52.jpg Head north Head north to Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in Columbus Circle’s Time Warner Center. The club, which is run by Wynton Marsalis’s influential organization, Jazz at Lincoln Center, features after-hours sets five days a week.

]]> 32230 6 64 Tip Some jazz clubs can be expensive—find out how much they charge before you go.

]]> 32231 7 69 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/69.jpg Continue up Broadway Continue up Broadway to the Upper West Side club Smoke, famous for its Monday night jam sessions.

]]> 32232 8 76 Tip Most clubs have multiple sets—or at least an early and a late show. Find out when each set starts.

]]> 32233 9 82 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/82.jpg See Starry Nights Swing by the Museum of Natural History’s live jazz program, Starry Nights, held in its stunning Rose Center for Earth and Space on the first Friday of every month.

]]> 32234 10 91 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/91.jpg Head to Harlem Check out jazz clubs in Harlem, like the storied Lenox Lounge, which has endured since 1939 and hosted such legends as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, as well as historic Harlem literary regulars like James Baldwin and Langston Hughes.

]]> 32235 11 106 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/106.jpg Go to the Carlyle If you’re feeling flush, see Woody Allen and his New Orleans jazz band at Café Carlyle in the Upper East Side’s swank Carlyle Hotel. The group plays there many Monday nights—but be sure to call ahead and check. It’s expensive, but if they’re playing, it’ll be worth it.

]]> 32236 12 120 Tip If you’re visiting New York in the summer, check out the free concerts put on in Queens by Astoria Jazz Nights at both Astoria Park and the Bohemian Beer Garden, the last beer garden in New York City.

]]> 32237 13 131 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/5072/131.jpg Ask around Ask around. Just walk into any jazz club and ask either your fellow patrons or the bartenders for suggestions. True lovers of jazz are always happy to share what they know.

]]> 32238 14 141 Fact The origin of the word “jazz” is unknown, but it was first used to describe music in Chicago in 1915.

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