music
Jazz on the Bowery
The General’s new jazz program satisfies our cravings for gourmet food and quality music in one place.
EMM Group, known for its Meatpacking District portfolio of restaurants (including Abe and Arthur’s and Catch), ventured to the Lower East Side to open... READ MORE
Auction Alert: Musical Masterpieces
Christie’s curates a selection of impressive instruments.
With some 215 lots spanning nearly every genre and maker, Christie’s sale of rare and important musical instruments should whet just about any collector... READ MORE
500 Whiskeys. One Bar. Go.
For connoisseurs of brown spirits, the new Flatiron Room is a dream come true.
Since 2006, 37 West 26th Street has had a few identities. First it was the club Ultra. In 2009 it morphed into the short-lived club La Pomme, which closed this... READ MORE
Collector’s Guide: Vintage Guitars
New York’s vintage guitar shops can feel like a portal to a bygone era in which guitar-making was still an art form.
Savvy collectors in search of instruments that have history and character know that New York has some of the best vintage guitar shops anywhere, with a... READ MORE
Great Find: Marjorie Eliot's Parlor Jazz
In a private home way uptown, the Harlem Renaissance comes alive every Sunday.
Back in the days of the Harlem Renaissance, a cottage industry of private jazz salons took hold in the living rooms of far uptown Manhattan. These days, one... READ MORE
Park Avenue’s New Jazz Hideaway
A just-opened supper club from the Kitano Hotel brings top-tier musicians to a former Rockefeller townhouse.
The Kitano New York, a Japanese-owned hotel on Park Avenue South, has held a reputation for superior live jazz ever since Gino Moratti stepped in as the... READ MORE
South Beach in the Hamptons
With Southampton Social Club, the East End scene gets a dose of daybeds-and- cabanas glamour.
Brian Mazza and Matt Shendell have become the masterminds of nightlife in Southampton. Seven years into the game, they are taking their talents from the... READ MORE
Neighborly Advice: Marcus Samuelsson
The famous Swedish-Ethiopian restaurateur recently opened his latest Harlem hideaway. He shares some nearby favorites.
Marcus Samuelsson has been a resident of Harlem for eight years. “When I moved to Harlem,” he said, “I was walking around and I thought: I... READ MORE
Jazz Up the Night
New York’s best hotel jazz shows.
There’s no shortage of live jazz in this city, and there’s no shortage of great hotel bars. Put the two together and you’ve got the makings... READ MORE
