Decent Jazz Bars

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5150

Original Poster:

699 posts

261 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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Anyone know of any in London - preferably swanky!
Cheers

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

205 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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Ronnie Scotts.

chevy-stu

5,392 posts

234 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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606 club in Fulham, used to be great, haven't ben in a few years mind...

5150

Original Poster:

699 posts

261 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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Thanks chaps
Much appreciated . . .

timbob

2,147 posts

258 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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The Jazz Cafe in Camden is nice and swanky, not that they show much "proper" jazz these days though.

Pizza Express on Dean Street is supposedly very nice too, although I've not been.

ncs

3,972 posts

288 months

Saturday 25th October 2008
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Yep..all of the above but Jazz Cafe is a lot of fun.


elster

17,517 posts

216 months

Sunday 26th October 2008
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swanky Jazz club...what is the world coming to?!!

Only ever been to the top quality places that can only be classed as dives. NOt been to any since smoking ban, just doesn't seem right.

GetCarter

29,558 posts

285 months

Monday 27th October 2008
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No swanky Jazz clubs in London I'm afraid. Ronnies and the 6 are both dives.

(But are, at least proper jazz clubs!)

(ETA we put a 'dead' plastic canary in a cage in the band room - just to get Ronnie to do something about the smell - unfortunately it killed him first. RIP).

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 27th October 16:46

Goochie

5,671 posts

225 months

Monday 27th October 2008
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GetCarter said:
No swanky Jazz clubs in London I'm afraid. Ronnies and the 6 are both dives.

(But are, at least proper jazz clubs!)
+ 1

Besides, what is it that you actually want ? Something dark and smelly with a bunch of old (probably black) fellas singing on stage? Or do you want something a bit like a modern "wine bar" with some jazz musicians playing up-tempo music ?

Edited by Goochie on Monday 27th October 16:47

Baby Huey

4,881 posts

205 months

Monday 27th October 2008
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Ronnie's has recently been done out, don't know if that's a good thing.

Haven't been since the refit.

timbob

2,147 posts

258 months

Monday 27th October 2008
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Baby Huey said:
Ronnie's has recently been done out, don't know if that's a good thing.

Haven't been since the refit.
I haven't been since the refit either. Before, it was pretty cramped unless you were lucky/early enough to get a good table down the front, and the tiny bar was tucked up the corner.

My best mate however has been recently and liked it. The bar has moved, it isn't as cramped in layout, and the decor is much nicer than the smoke stained, yellowed 60s paintwork that it had before.

But the atmosphere is still good, which is the main thing in my eyes.