![]() Visit Jazz Jacks on this Occasion : Play tourist with a big group of friends. ![]() If you are craving jazz specifically, make sure to check the calendar or call ahead because Jazz Jacks also books a variety of musical styles or events such as karaoke, funk bands and line-dancing classes. Jazz Jacks was certainly on the more corporate side of jazz clubs, but the extra space and consistency it offered made it a fun spot to see music. To get to the main stage area, you had to pass the coat check, ID checking station and makeshift gift shop along a narrow hallway, then the space exploded into a major room full of cocktail tables and a large stage. The entryway was dedicated to a small bar with a couple of tables and a few seats at the bar top with a colorful mural of a musician on the wall. Though squarely in the tourist segment of downtown, the club maintained a surprising amount of New Orleans flavor. Reservations are recommended on weekends.Ītmosphere: Jazz Jacks was certainly the largest club on the list. Share a bottle of wine and dress in the style of “Mad Men” for the full effect. ![]() Visit Dazzle on This Occasion : Enjoy Dazzle with a good friend or two. Having two shows gave the sensation of bar hopping without having to close out a tab. Dazzle is known for booking tons of different styles of jazz, occasionally two in one night with the more traditional band taking the main stage and a more experimental set in the bar afterward. It easily channeled Paris in the ’60s with couples littering the room, seated close next to each other around small, round cocktail tables. Contrasting the entry room, the venue space was dark, swanky and swathed in blue light. After grabbing cocktails at the bar, we checked out the main venue around the bar. Drink menus were on every table in old vinyl cases and the space was old and too well lit, but shiny and well loved. Atmosphere: Walking into Dazzle, it seemed a little small, but do not let looks deceive you the infamous club on Lincoln street has hosted both local and national acts in every genre.
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