Village Vanguard
178 7th Ave. S
1/2/9 to Christopher St. or A/C/B/D/E to W 4th St. and walk west
 
This small, legendary basement venue has booked pretty much every jazz legend since the end of World War II (believe it or not, CBGB owner Hilly Kristal got his start here). Drinks are notoriously expensive and tiny, as are the little chairs and tables they squeeze you into. But the sound is pristine (there’s a reason why so many jazz groups have made live albums here), the staff is professional if obviously harried – you have to be something of an acrobat to work here – and the acts are reliably first-rate. It’s pricy but cheaper than the other jazz clubs - $20 cover plus a $10 drink minimum during the week, $35 cover plus $10 drink minimum on weekends. Despite its limitations, this is your best bet for big-name jazz in New York..
 
Warsaw
no website
261 Driggs Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford Ave. or G to Nassau St.
 
Big, beautiful, cavernous Polish wedding banquet hall. Plus cheap Polish draft beer and cheap steam-table Polish eats. Since this place dates from before the turn of the previous century, the architects did not predict the advent of rock n roll, the sound can be boomy: the closer you are to the stage, the better you’ll hear, and there’s plenty of room here. Music is only an occasional thing here, although the acts they get are frequently topnotch: Gogol Bordello, Rasputina, Patti Smith. Advance tix are available at their box office, there’s absolutely no Nazi factor, and on nights when there are no events, the bar and the snack bar are open to the public. For the most part, the crowd is neighborhood Polish kids: the trendoids, being xenophobic, generally stay away.  
 
Webster Hall
E 11th between 3rd and 4th Aves.
 
Do you really want to go here? Read this and then decide.
 
Get a ticket to a show here at your peril: do not pass go, do not collect $200. Why? Because even if you have a ticket, the Biggie Smalls wannabes who man the doors here may refuse to let you in to see the show you just spent $30 for. In addition to the former Ritz space -  where the bands play - there are several other rooms here (the Connecticut room, the Long Island room and the Westchester room, one would imagine). Regardless of whether you have a ticket to see a band, or you just want to pay $30 to hang out with your Massapequa friends, drink $10 Rolling Rocks and listen to Journey on somebody’s ipod blasting through big speakers, everybody has to stand in the same line. Which moves at a snail’s pace. Meaning that an hour after you got in line, you might be exactly where you were when you first got here. Bands who play here always end up playing elsewhere (Bowery Ballroom, Irving Plaza, the Town Hall, etc.), so you’ll always get another chance to see the band you thought of seeing here before you read this and came to your senses.

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