Jazz Standard was a

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located at 116 East 27th Street in the Rose Hill neighborhood of

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. It frequently hosted well-known bands and musicians. The club was owned by restaurateur

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and was located in the basement of one of his Blue Smoke restaurants. The

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, the Mingus Orchestra, and

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rotated every Monday night as the club's de facto house bands. The former won the 2011

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for their album Live at Jazz Standard. The

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Orchestra played a week-long gig at the club every Thanksgiving from 2005 to 2019. The magazine ''

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'' listed the club as a ″top 5 jazz joint″. ''

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'' named Jazz Standard the "venue of the year" 2017. On December 2, 2020, the Jazz Standard announced it would be closing its doors at 116 East 27th Street permanently, due to lack of revenue from COVID-19 and stalled rent negotiations.

History

When the club opened in the fall of 1997 the upstairs restaurant was called "Standard".

Discography

* 1998:

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Works ...

Quartet – ''Live @ The Jazz Standard, Vol. 1: Soulstice'' (OYO) * 2000:

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with

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– ''

Live at the Jazz Standard ''Live at the Jazz Standard'' is the 27th album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and the first to feature him exclusively on cornet. It was released on the Greenleaf label in 2007 and features live performances by Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, ...

'' (Decca) * 2000:

Orchestra – '' Days Of Wine And Roses - Live at the Jazz Standard'' (

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) * 2003:

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- '' City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard'', ''

Raising the Standard ''Raising the Standard'' (subtitled ''Live at the Jazz Standard Vol. 2'') is a live album by saxophonist Frank Morgan which was recorded at the Jazz Standard in 2003 and released on the HighNote label in 2005. Reception Writing for ''All About ...

'', ''

A Night in the Life ''A Night in the Life'' (subtitled ''Live at the Jazz Standard Vol. 3'') is a live album by saxophonist Frank Morgan which was recorded at the Jazz Standard in 2003 and released on the HighNote label in 2007. Reception The review by AllMusic's M ...

'' (HighNote) * 2003:

René Marie René Marie (born René Marie Stevens, November 7, 1955 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States) is an American songwriter and jazz vocalist. Career She began her professional music career at age 42. Originally she performed as René Croan; she ...

– ''Live at Jazz Standard'' (

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) * 2004:

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Trio – ''Live at Jazz Standard'' (Palmetto) * 2004: The

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Group – ''Live at Jazz Standard'' (441 Records) * 2006: Nancy King with

Fred Hersch Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American jazz pianist, educator and HIV/AIDS activist. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has recorded more than 70 of his ...

– '' Live at Jazz Standard'' (MaxJazz) * 2006, 2007:

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− ''Live at Jazz Standard'' Vols. 1 & 2 (MaxJazz) * 2007: Dave Douglas Quintet – ''

'' (Greenleaf) * 2007, 2008:

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– ''Live at Jazz Standard'' Vols. 1 & 2 (MaxJazz) * 2008:

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– ''Live at the Jazz Standard'' (IPO) * 2009:

Pocket Orchestra – ''Live at Jazz Standard'' (Sunnyside) * 2009:

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, Si o Si Quartet – ''Live at Jazz Standard NYC'' (Dafnison Music) * 2010:

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– ''Live at The Jazz Standard'' (Material) * 2010:

Marian Petrescu Marian Petrescu (born 1970, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian jazz pianist. Playing since the age of 4, he has been on the jazz scene since the age of 15 after appearing at Pori Jazz. He is known for his work with the renowned jazz guitarist Andrea ...

Quartet with

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– ''Thrivin' – Live at Jazz Standard'' (Resonance) * 2010:

– '' Live at Jazz Standard'' (Audio & Video Labs) * 2010: Antonio Sánches – ''

Live in New York at Jazz Standard ''Live in New York at Jazz Standard'' is a live album by drummer Antonio Sánchez which was recorded in New York in 2008 and released as a double CD on the CAM Jazz label in 2010. Reception On All About Jazz, John Kelman observed "''Live in New ...

'' (CAM Jazz) * 2018:

Jakob Bro Jakob Bro (born April 11, 1978) is a Danish guitarist and composer. Career Bro leads a trio with Joey Baron and Thomas Morgan. In the fall of 2016 the trio released the album ''Streams'' ( ECM). Bro also works with Palle Mikkelborg and Bro/Knak, ...

- ''Bay of Rainbows'' (ECM)

References

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