Best of Boston
Best Jazz Club
2008 Best Jazz Club
Wally’s Café
Boston
Jazz is a music born of small spaces, of packed New Orleans clubs and speakeasies. Around here, no destination captures that better than Wally's. The [...] read more»
2007 Best Jazz Club
Regattabar
Cambridge
A knack for luring the top names in the biz has elevated the Regattabar to its rank among the very best in the East. Far [...] read more»
2006 Best Jazz Club
Regattabar
Cambridge
What this third-floor space lacks in atmospher—it's more cruise-ship quarterdeck than smoky back-alley haunt—is more than overcome by the quality of its acoustics and the [...] read more»
2005 Best Jazz Club
Scullers Jazz Club
Boston
With its elegant low-lit atmosphere and glittering river views, Scullers is the cool king of local jazz haunts. Intimate without being overcrowded, it sports a [...] read more»
1999 Best Jazz Club, Scene
Wally’s Cafe
Boston
Its old location, across the street from where it is today, hosted the likes of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday. The present-day stage has seen [...] read more»
1999 Best Jazz Club, Traditional
Scullers Jazz Club
Boston
So it's in a hotel, so what? Suits and garment bags can be forgotten in this dimly lighted club with its huge windows overlooking the [...] read more»
1998 Best Jazz Club
Regattabar
Cambridge
Some may complain that it's a bit pricey, but it still delivers the highest-caliber jazz acts in town. From Sonny Rollins to Herbie Hancock, Don [...] read more»
1997 Best Jazz Club, Cutting Edge
The ICA Theater
Boston
The Regattabar occasionally offers avant-garde performers like Don Byron or Michael Marcus, but no one would ever confuse with New York's Knitting Factory. The Institute [...] read more»
1997 Best Jazz Club, Scene
Wally’s Cafe
Boston
With the shutdown of the Willow and the yuppification of Bob the Chef's, Wally's proposed expansion into the space next to its current Massachuetts Avenue [...] read more»
1997 Best Jazz Club, Traditional
The Regattabar
Cambridge
The only place in town to catch big-name out-of-town acts like Sonny Rollins, Cassandra Wilson, and Tito Puente. A front-row table here for Betty Carter [...] read more»