Best of Boston
Best Jazz Club
Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club
Boston
There are legends, and there are legends. Wally’s Café Jazz Club is the latter — a 77-year-old family-run italicized legend. Billie Holiday performed there. So [...] read more»
2019 Best Jazz Club
Wally’s Café
Boston
This basement hole in the wall has been the cradle of some of Boston’s most killer jam sessions since it opened as New England’s first [...] read more»
2018 Best Jazz Club
Scullers
Boston
It may be housed in the DoubleTree hotel next to a highway overpass, but once you enter this cozy cabaret-style venue of just 200 seats, [...] read more»
2017 Best Jazz Club
Ryles Jazz Club
Cambridge
With soul, funk, and good ol' bebop in the mix, Ryles proves that jazz is hardly a museum piece, but a living music—as well as [...] read more»
2013 Best Jazz Club
Wally’s Cafe
Boston
Jazz is inherently cool—but Wally's makes it even cooler. Maybe it's the club's 66 years of history? The weekend jam sessions? The diverse and friendly [...] read more»
2012 Best Jazz Club, Casual
Wally’s Cafe
Boston
The South End has risen and fallen as Boston's jazz center, but 65 years after Joseph Walcott originally opened Wally's, the place still grooves. Every [...] read more»
2012 Best Jazz Club, Upscale
The Beehive Cafe
Boston
One part jazz club, one part restaurant, the Beehive is our go-to spot for a laid-back night out on the town. The stellar list of [...] read more»
2011 Best Jazz Club
Wally’s Café
Boston
With a hole-in-the-wall atmosphere, raw jazz, and bartenders who bust ass, Wally's is an institution unto itself. A conglomerate of Berklee students, longtime barflies, and [...] read more»
2011 Best Jazz Club, Upscale
Regattabar
Cambridge
Jazz in its live form requires a venue that does it justice. With a slew of world-class acts ranging from timbale guru Eguie Castrillo to [...] read more»
2010 Best Jazz Club
Regattabar
Cambridge
The tasteful Regattabar may not have the indie cred of the crowded, noisy neighborhood jazz joints around town; it's in the Charles Hotel, after all. [...] read more»
2009 Best Jazz Club
Regattabar
Cambridge
With all that energy and spontaneity rippling off the stage, hearing jazz live is always best. Less clear-cut is the choice between the atmospheric, loosey-goosey [...] read more»