Denver Bars and Clubs - Denver Jazz Clubs
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While Denver may not be the birthplace of jazz, Denver does have a particularly active jazz scene. As central as Denver is, most popular touring jazz acts try their best to reach Miles Davis status in the Mile High City. Denver even has two radio stations devoted to jazz, jazz89 KUVO Public Radio and Smooth Jazz 104.3. But live jazz is where the magic happens and Denver has many jazz clubs to choose from, many located in downtown Denver and the hip LoDo neighborhood. Jazz at Jack’s is Denver’s go-to club for Denver jazz, with a central downtown location and blues, comedy and American cuisine. For the soul of jazz in Denver, El Chapultepec’s nightly lineup of jazz is the place for raw, undiscovered jazz talent alongside jazz greats.
Downtown Denver's #1 Jazz, Blues & Comedy Club
Denver Pavilions, 500 16th St #320, Denver, CO, 80202; Tel. +1.303.433.1000
Jazz at Jack's is Denver's premiere contemporary jazz club. Sporting an ambience popular with the fashionable thirty-something crowd, Jazz at Jack's provides jazz & comedy fans with everything from high-energy live jazz shows, to live Blues events and stand-up comedy nights—and great food to boot!
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The Burnsley Hotel
1000 Grant St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.830.1000
The chic Burnsley Hotel has long housed one of the best jazz clubs in Denver where you can always hear world-class musicians on the weekends. The posh atmosphere at the Burnsley Hotel and the smooth jazz stylings make for a relaxed, intimate night out for when you want to impress your date and show them that your tastes run deeper than canned beer. |
Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge
930 Lincoln St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.839.5100
Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge is a contemporary jazz club in Denver that offers aural junkies live music seven days a week in their intimate dining space. The menu at Dazzle is rooted in American cuisine coziness with some eclectic jaunts away from the norm and their cocktail selections, including a decent wine list, are always on point. Dazzle hosts some excellent Denver local jazz acts and even books some national names to satisfy the yens of their hip crowds. |
Dulcinea's 100th Monkey
717 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.832.3601
This smallish Denver jazz club gets packed nightly with hip twenty and thirty-somethings getting an aural fix while downing some excellent drinks. The dim lighting and shabby chic friends basement décor creates the perfect backdrop for the smooth jazz stylings from local Denver acts, national names and hot funk-n-fused bands. |
El Chapultepec
1962 Market St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.295.9126
The mainstay and undisputed anchor of the Denver jazz club scene, El Chapultepec has been packing in big name crooners, hot jazz combos, smooth riffers, rockers and anyone with a yen for booze and jazz to its intimate confines for well over 50 years. El Chapultepec still hosts Denver's best local jazz music acts and brings in national touring combos just as this cooler than cool club has been doing since its inception. The only thing that's changed are the crowds, given the rebirth of LoDo, hipsters and scenesters have "discovered" Denver's jazz club heavyweight, flocking to El Chapultepec in droves, but rest assured the stellar lineup of nightly jazz will keep this Denver club's soul intact. |
—Denver bar and club reviews by Ryan Osterbeck
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