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Sad to report... "Almost two decades ago, Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) set out on a pioneering journey to marry authentic pit barbecue with great jazz in New York City with the opening of Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard in NYC’s Flatiron neighborhood. It is with great sadness that USHG shares that Blue Smoke Flatiron and Jazz Standard will not be reopening on 27th Street."

https://www.jazzstandard.com/

‘Mostly Hard Times’: How NYC’s Jazz Clubs Are Hanging On

"It’s been a lifetime since places like the Three Deuces, Club Carousel, and the Downbeat draped West 52nd Street in neon, and in the time since, the number of clubs maintaining New York’s status as the gigging, beating heart of the jazz world had dwindled to a resilient core —?even before the pandemic put the city’s most prominent live art on pause. With the closure of the Jazz Standard announced this week, the community has lost another gem: a large but charismatic venue considered a prestige destination for artists and audiences alike, one with top-dollar pay drawing top-tier talent like the Maria Schneider Orchestra and the weekly Mingus Big Band."

That is most sad and disturbing news, Alisdair.

Thank you for posting it, though, and warmest regards always.

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Thanks Bob.... And now...
Yet another one of New York’s most beloved venues is in danger of closing for good. The legendary Birdland Jazz Club has been a fixture in the jazz community and one of NYC’s hottest destinations since it was founded in 1949 can be added to the list of venues which can no longer afford to operate. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched by Tom D'Angora, who also spearheaded the efforts to save the West Bank Cafe in December 2020.

Hi Alisdair,

And now...
Yet another one of New York’s most beloved venues is in danger of
closing for good

NYC so-called 'leadership' simply refuses to understand that without
that stature of being considered the cultural capitol of the world, it's
just another city. People are exiting in droves at this point. Even Wall
Street institutions are moving their head offices out of the city.

Without the clubs, concert halls, and Broadway, why would anyone want to
consider the schlepp to an upper tier restaurant or hotel?

I'm optimistic. But I can't for the life of me figure out why, except
that NYC has survived bad leadership in the past. That may not be enough.


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