Best of Boston

Best Jazz Club

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»
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»