The 10 Best Jazz Clubs in Paris

After a long day sightseeing in Paris, what could be better than making the most of the city’s jazz legacy and chilling out to live music in the evening? Whether you want to kick back to some blues on an authentic Parisian barge, dance to 1920s jazz in ancient underground cellars, or sit back and enjoy big band swing on a terrace overlooking the Eiffel Tower, our guide has you covered.
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Jazz Club Etoile
Music Venue

Jazz Club Etoile is a stunning jazz bar with an impressive reputation. It opened in 1975 at Le Méridien Etoile hotel with just one pianist but a flurry of jazz musician friends, such as Maxim Saury, Géo Daly and Marcel Zanini, soon joined. After this, American soloists began joining the bill, along with top French musicians. However, it was in the early 1980s that the first real bands appeared at Bar Patio, attracted by the vibrant, lively atmosphere, including Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Claude Bolling, BB King and The Count’s Men. The Bar Patio boasts an authentic stage with full sound and lighting system.
Jazz Café Montparnasse
Music Venue

38 RIV Jazz Club
Music Venue

Mon Coeur Belleville
Cafe, Restaurant, Contemporary, French

Nubia
Music Venue

Nubia has a world-famous artist as the owner – Richard Bona, who is considered one of the greatest bassists in the world, having won three Grammy Awards and Best International Artist of the “Jazz Victory Year”. It’s an important address for renowned musicians, following in the footsteps of Bona’s previous jazz venues that enticed the likes of Sting. This new venture brings together the most extraordinary contemporary musicians, while exploiting all the latest developments in the realm of sound technology. In fact, the owner says that the quality is so high you could easily imagine you were in a recording studio. Plus, there is top-level catering, so you can enjoy great-quality food while sitting back and enjoying the gorgeous melodies: from pop, electro and world music, to soul, hip-hop, blues, R&B and rock.
Péniche Marcounet
Music Venue

Who’s to say that you have to enjoy jazz indoors when you can listen to it on a boat? This authentic peniche, built in 1925, offers tapas delicacies such as tacos, guacamole and chorizo for bargain prices while putting on an energetic jazz show. Situated on the Quai de l’Hôtel de ville of the Seine, with incredible views of Notre Dame, listening to a two-piece jazz band while sipping Champagne and watching the boats go by is a great way to spend a few hours. They often host parties and have an outside bar on the terrace open from May to October. Nearly 200 people can dine at the makeshift tables of the terrace and in the main room of the barge itself, making it one of the most unusual and lively venues to enjoy jazz in the whole of Paris.
The Bal Blomet
Music Venue

The Bal Blomet is the oldest jazz club in Paris still running today, whose historic legacy stands in testament to its enduring popularity. This facility was most popular during the inter-war years under the name Le Bal Nègre and welcomed a whole range of famous personalities including Joséphine Baker, Ernest Hemingway, Sidney Bechet and Jean-Paul Sartre. It was a particular favourite of the intellectual circles of Paris, with philosophers and writers galore. The club recently reopened its doors after three years of refurbishing . The space is designed to homage the arts and the jazz club’s legacy, and it welcomes experimental and avant garde acts. There’s also traditional jazz music, as well as world music performances, classical and contemporary music, as well as musical theatre.
Caveau de la Huchette
Music Venue

Sunset-Sunside
Music Venue

La Belleviloise
Music Venue
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