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Arka
Lounge
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- 4488 Broadway and 192nd St.
212-567-9425
Latin Jazz Wednesdays is a new night, with great live bands, generally from 10PM
to 1PM,
$5 cover and 1 drink minimum (as of July, 2002).
Babalu
- 327 West 44th Street (between 8th &
9th), (212) 262-1111
- Cool Retro-Latin/Nuevo Latino
restaurant-club and a bigger nightclub next door, with live bands, dancing.
Tapas menu till 2 AM weekends. Recently taken over by Ralph Mercado,
starting something up after selling RMM records to Sony.
Le Bar Bat
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 311
W 57th St. (between 8th & 9th Avenues), (212) 307-7228
"Mambo, Baby?" Thursdays are here, with live bands. Free after-work buffet,
doors open 5:30, $5 before 6:30, $15 after. Ladies 21, gentlemen 23, ID
required. Proper attire a must! No jeans, no sneakers. Gentlemen: jackets
requested. For guest list or more information call:
(917) 953-2368 or (917) 506-2907
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La Belle Epoque
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- 827 Broadway (bet. 12 & 13 St)
New York City, (212) 254-6436
Restaurant-club
features Creole, French, American and eclectic food.
La Rumba Cuban Party Thursdays with live bands, dancing. Must call
for invitation. For La
Rumba membership info, call (718) 599-6566
Birdland
- 315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036 Phone:
(212) 581-3080
This legendary Jazz club, named after Charlie "Bird" Parker, moved here from
uptown in '96. It is a large, beautiful, well-designed place,
so you can sit down, and the padded white tablecloths and comfortable
seating carry out the classy theme. Owner Andy Kaufman (pictured here
pointing at our mutual friend, timbalero Frank Clayman-Cook visiting from
LA) has improved the sound system, now truly superb. Kevin Mahogany was
performing, and we could appreciate that the stage is perfectly visible from
everywhere in the club.
Blue Note
- 131 West 3rd St. (212) 475-8592.
The classic Jazz club. Big names usually perform for a 6-day run, Tues-Sun.
Great local jazz artists play on Mondays. 2 sets - 9 & 11:30.
For table reservations, $35 plus a minimum, or $25 cover at the bar.
Fri & Sat late night jam sessions, $5. Sunday brunch, too, 12- 4, shows
12:30 & 2:30. Call for schedule.
Club Etoile
- 109 East 56th Street (between Park &
Lexington Ave.) (212) 750-5656
Tuesdays in summer (2002) feature Classic Salsa, Mambo, Cha
Cha, Merengue and
Club Music, by DJ Lou on 2.
5-10PM, $5 admission.
Copacabana
560 West 34th St. (between 10th & 11th Aves.)
(212) 239-2672.
Opening at above location
Oct 16, 2002.
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Copa's Regular schedule of Tuesday,
Friday, and Saturday nights will begin on Tuesday, October 22nd. Pricing for
Tuesday will be $5 from 6
PM
to 8
PM
- $10 After 8:00 - Free Buffet from 6:00 to 8:00.
Striking decor, deep
blue with white palms.
El
Flamingo
- 547 West 21st Street,
Manhattan - (212) 243-2121
Theatre-nightclub has Salsa-oriented events on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays Simply
Salsa After Work Mondays, 5:30pm - 1am. Complimentary Hot Buffet beginning at
6:00pm. Complimentary Salsa and Cha-Cha Lessons at 5:30pm by top New York
teachers and
clave dancers such as Frankie Martinez and the Abakua Dance
Company. Co-hosted by Izzy Rodriguez and DJ Henry Knowles (fabulous dancers!)
together with DJs such as Nelson Torres & Franklin Ayala. You might get to
meet the lovely and charming Priscilla Martinez, who often greets guests.
The whole crew here dances on clave! Vaya!
El Taller Latino
Americano
- 2710 Broadway, (corner of 104th St.),
third floor. (917) 532-7165
 Interesting
bi-cultural incubator, with intimate performance space, Spanish language
classes, fine musicians and an admirable history, led by talented musician/impresario
Bernardo Palombo. Performances are generally $10, Seniors $8, Children under
10 free (w/adult). The hip Afro-Cu-Bar on Fridays (through June, 2001) is
produced by
Cuban poet and cultural activist
Mappy Torres
(see picture) (!), bringing
together some great musicians and audiences
Gonzalez, Gonzalez
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625 Broadway, near Houston St.,
Manhattan, (212)
473-8787
Wednesdays -
Johnny Almendra Y Los Jovenes
del Barrio, a top, innovative, nuevo Charanga band, with their conguero
Batanga
(Click!)
Ralph Irrizary's Orquesta Timbalaye, another great band, used to play
Thursdays... Call for current schedule (2002)
Kaña
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 324
Spring St., Soho, NYC 10013, (212) 343-8180
Cozy, brick-walled, candlelit little place, with tapas, sangria, and Spanish
wine plus a bar. On Azucar Sundays, live percussionists may join excellent
DJ Babaloo for Salsa, Cuban Classics, Salsa Africana, Bachata, Merengue, at
levels good for dancing... but you can talk, too. Other music other
nights, Spanish rock and such. Dinner starts at 6PM, and weekends you can
party till 4AM. A let-your-hair-down alternative for anti-"scene"
dancing/hanging. Tiny space, cement floor, but intimate, dark and quite
charming.
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Kavehaz
- 37 West 26th St. (between 6th and
Broadway) (212) 343-0612
European-style coffee house, art gallery, jazz club, casual restaurant.
 Full
Bar, and large beer and wine lists, too (just like Magyar hospitality)! Live
jazz 7 nights per week, in a charming, new space with new sound system.
Every Wednesday they still feature former lead trumpeter for
Tito Puente Ray
Vega, with his new Afro-Cuban Latin jazz group: Boperation, attaining ever-
new juxtapositions of
clave and jazz. A class
La
Maganette
- 825 3rd Ave. & 50th
street, Manhattan - (212) 759-5677
Wednesdays Afterwork Salsa, live Salsa/Charanga bands, free buffet 6-7PM,
$5
before 7, $8
after 7PM.
Opens 5PM.
Also Sunday afternoons have live bands 4-10PM,
$6
before 7PM,
$8
after
Lava Gina
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116 Ave C (between 7th & 8th Sts), NYC, 212-477-9319
- This ultra-cool little lounge
is so cool, that there's no attitude, just incredible music, at the perfect
level to talk or dance.
- 7PM.
These 2 days a week are sacred to excellent, Palladium-era, Classic Mambo™
dancers in New York. Prices subject to change for Special Events. Call for
info, dress code.
Nells
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 246
West 14th Street, (between 7th and 8th Ave)
(212) 675-1567 or (718) 782-2942
Wednesdays - Cuban Soul: different live Cuban band upstairs every week -
DJ Elvira downstairs.
See
PLANET SALSA Events for current listings.
- 'The Best Cuban Music Night' by
Village Voice 'Best of NYC 2000' -
Cover, mostly $10, $7 before 10. ID
required for all. Dress Code - No jeans or sneakers.
- Directions: A,C,E & L to 14th Street &
8th Ave. Park on street.
No Moore
234 West Broadway, New York City (at White St., 2
blocks south of Canal)
Toll Free: (877) No Moore.
Saturdays - dance Salsa to live Cuban music bands presented by La Rumba.
Re-opening after renovations July 26th, 2003.
Directions: A-E-C Trains to Canal or 1-9 to Franklin.
Nuyorican
Poets Cafe
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236 East Third St. (between
Aves. B & C) Hotline:
(212) 505-8183
This venerable bookstore-cafe-performance space features a weekly "Latin
Jazz Jam" with
clave-savvy trombonist
Chris Washburne and his great SYOTOS band
("See You On The Other Side" band!).
Every Thursday night at 10pm,
$5.00. Sunday Night Jazz may also feature some top New York Latin Jazz
bands, such as
Bobby Sanabria. Call for schedule.
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- Remy
Lounge
- 104 Greenwich Street,
(between Rector and Carlyle) - (212) 267- 4646
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- Smoke (formerly
Augie's Jazz Bar - for 20 yrs!)
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2751 Broadway (between 105th & 106th
St) Info: (212) 864-6662
Intimate, plush jazz club (seats 70) with great sound quality, voted
"best new Jazz Club" by New York magazine.
On
Sundays they have Latin Jazz,
currently featuring
clave-savvy trombonist
Chris Washburne and his great SYOTOS band.
3 sets a night, 9:00, 11:00, & 12:30 -
NO cover charge with a $10 drink minimum (on Sundays at least thru May,
2001). Call. Smoking/Non-smoking areas. Bar open till 4 AM. Swank, yet
serious. Do check it out.
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S.O.B.'s
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204 Varick Street (7th
Ave. and W. Houston), Manhattan - (212) 243-4940
"La Tropica" Mondays - Doors generally open 6:30 - After work dance class,
usually by excellent
clave dancer/teacher Mario
Diaz, who is also a trained Latin percussionist. The classes are held from
7:00-8:00 and admission is free before 7:00 (usually $15 or more after 7)
At 9:00 top live bands begin
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Supper Club
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 240
W 47th St (between 7th & 8th Ave) - (212) 921-1940
Originally a Swing (retro/vintage, "jump") club, with dinner, show, and
dancing on weekends-- however, every Sat in the summer, Mambo dancing from
10 PM to around 4 AM, with live Salsa bands. Cubansoul promoter Roger Barr
has a hand in the new Saturday events, and
DJ Elvira spins pur
Tavern on the Green
- Central Park West and 67th St.,
hotline: 212-873-3200, Ext. 241
 "Latin
Groove Mondays" during the summer and early fall, with outdoor dancing under
the stars in this charming, lantern-lit garden. DJ, 9 PM to 1 AM, $5 drink
specials, 2-drink minimum at tables, Free admission. May be held indoors in
case of weather, call to check. (Summer, 2002)
1050
Lounge
- 735 10th Ave. (corner of 50th
St), (212) 445-0149
Thursdays are Jazz-Batidos nights, starting July 18, 2002, with a
top-quality blend of musicians, many in rare NYC appearances, who portray
the limitless boundaries of the Latin Tinge.
Vudu Lounge
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 1487
1st Avenue (between 77th & 78th), Manhattan, (212)
249-9540 Thursdays Afterwork Stress Relief parties by Cine-Mas productions
(646)-391-4520, seem to be fairly Latino oriented, with free lessons in
Tango, Salsa, Mambo, Ballroom and more by Dance Times Square from 6 to 6:30
PM, complimentary hors d' oeuvres, DJs, stand-up comedy on the last Thursday
of each month. Some live bands may start in the fall (2002), with cover
after 7 PM.
Free admission, as of April, 2002. Doors open at 5. 21 and over, ID a must.
For band info, call (917) 701-0811
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- Zinc Bar
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90 West Houston Street, corner
La Guardia Place, (212) 477-8337
Thursdays nights are Afro-Cuban (AKA 'Latin Jazz' in some circles), with
sets at 10:30, 12, and 2. Fridays - African; Saturdays - Brazilian Bossa
Nova. Weekend nights, first of 3 sets starts 11 PM, then 12, and 2. Sunday
nights - Brazilian Samba. $5 plus
1
drink minimum.
Smoking lounge in back.
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