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The Music Village: Steenstraat 50, 1000 Brussels, Belgium / Telephone: +32 2 513 50 52 / www.themusicvillage.com Located only a few meters away from the legendary Grand’Place, The Music Village, a 17th century location at the very heart of the city, opened its doors on September 1, 2000. With acoustics, sound system, lighting, stage, warm welcome, comfort, and food & drink that live up to the most prestigious clubs of New York and London, one who is a music fan, listener and/or musician can enjoy a return to the Golden Age of international jazz clubs. On the live program of 250 concerts a year, the best Belgian and international jazz musicians have adopted this cosmopolitan venue that does justice to its home in the capital of Europe. Occupancy is limited to 100 but you can reserve seating. Doors open at 7:00pm with shows starting at 8:30pm weekdays and Sunday, 9:00pm on Friday and Saturday.
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Shisha Café: ABC Farms, Koregaon Park, Pune, India 411001 / Telephone: +91 20 65200390, +91 20 26810050
The Café is the premier jazz spot in Pune, and arguably one of the only pure jazz cafes in the country. They take their music very seriously and believe that after all, the right music creates the best ambience a place could hope for. Expect the best in jazz, blues and beyond. They regularly feature live bands on most Thursday evenings at 8.30 pm. You’ll hear dynamic drumbeats, tuneful guitars and soulful saxophones, some blowing their magic in a rhythmic fusion of bop, swing, funk, trad, straight ahead and more. In fact you’ll experience a wide sweep of the best that 21st-century world music has to offer.
This weekly sound feast culminates in an annual jazz festival held in August. The Café is always on the lookout for fresh new talent and encourages upcoming jazz artists to come and play at Shisha, so that they can reach a discerning audience, and get onto a wider platform, vis-a-vis the music. Contact them to get dates when you can perform at Shisha Café.
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The National Jazz Museum In Harlem: 104 East 126th Street, New York City, NY 10035 / Telephone: 212-348-8300 / Interim Executive Director – Bill Terry / www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org
The museum dedicated to preservation and celebration of Harlem’s jazz history. The idea for the museum was conceived in 1995. It moved to its current location in the Harlem neighborhood in 2001. The museum emphasizes the role Harlem has played in the nurturing and cultivation of jazz as a home to legends such as Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Count Basie, John Coltrane and Billie Holiday.
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Visitors Center features exhibits such as “The Ghosts of Harlem” by American music producer, photographer, author, and museum board member Hank O’Neal. The show includes images of Harlem jazz legends that O’Neal had the chance to interview and photograph for his book of the same name. The Visitors Center also houses books, recordings, and documentaries for guests to enjoy as well as photographs of contemporary jazz musicians by Richard Conde. The museum hosts weekly programs such as the Harlem Speakslecture series and Jazz for Curious Listeners sessions in which jazz novices and experts alike listen and learn about rare jazz recordings. The museum hosts events and programs at jazz venues and other museums such as the Rubin Museum of Art for the Harlem in the Himalayas concert series.
In August 2010 The National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired nearly 1,000 discs of recorded radio broadcasts made by audio engineer William Savory in the midst of the swing era in the 1930s. The collection includes performances by jazz luminaries such as Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Benny Goodman. Savory had access to bigger, slower playing aluminum and acetate records and he was able to record much longer clips, capturing extended live shows and jam sessions that many thought would be lost forever. The recordings are being digitized by Brooklyn-based recording engineer Doug Pomeroy, a specialist in audio restoration. The transformation involves cleaning, correcting pitch, removing extraneous noise, mixing and mastering. The Savory Collection has yet to be made public for legal reasons but curious listeners can attend listening sessions at the museum or make appointments to hear the recordings.
The museum plans to move into a permanent location on 125th Street, at Mart 125, a Harlem landmark right across from the historic Apollo Theatre.
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Drum & Monkey: 91-93 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland / Telephone: (0141) 221 6636 / Contact: Kevin. This has been cited as one of Scotland’s premier jazz residencies with the Chris Clark Band . The venue is within a short stroll of George Square, Central Station and Queen Street Station and features a laid back jazz ambience with such artists as Ronnie Rae, Robert Henderson, Jim Clelland and Chris Clark. Guest performers include Carol Kidd, Jim Mullen, Bruce Adams, Nigel Clark and Warren Vache to name but a few. Step in to discover a traditional pub of unique character, revered for its eclectic range of real ales and its quality pub food, which are served, as they should be, with a generous measure of famous British hospitality.
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Club de Jazz de Santiago: José Pedro Alessandri 85 – Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile / Telephone: (56-2) 27-41937 Fax: (56-2) 022741937 / Contact: Walter Soto.
Owned by musicians, they have given the place a special feeling and it’s open to many different styles. It is open from Thursday to Saturday, although sometimes they open on different days for special events. Saturday’s show is usually mainstream jazz and Dixieland. On Friday nights more progresive. Thursdays are more pop-blues oriented. Thursday: 10pm-3am, Friday: 11pm-2am and Saturday: 10pm-3am. The club has a bar with a small kitchen that provides potato chips, pizza, that kind of stuff.
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