Rooms That Still Sound Right
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Rooms That Still Sound Right

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Rooms That Still Sound Right

Marcus Feldman
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Twenty-five years of pointing a microphone at this city teaches you that the room matters as much as who's playing in it. These are the places I keep coming back to with the gear bag, or without it, just to sit and listen. No arenas here — I like to hear the room breathe between songs.

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Rooms That Still Sound Right — 4 items
NameTickVenueNeighborhoodMy take
1Village Vanguard178 7th Ave S, New York, NY 10014Greenwich VillageThe wedge-shaped room still does what it did in 1935, which is make everyone shut up and listen.
2Smalls Jazz Club183 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014West VillageMetal folding chairs, a basement, and some of the most honest playing you'll find after midnight.
3Dizzy's Club10 Columbus Circle, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10019Lincoln SquareYou pay more for the skyline, but the acoustics up there earn their keep too.
4Apollo Theater253 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027HarlemAmateur Night still humbles people the same way it humbled Ella decades back.