Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
The Frenchmen Street jazz room for people who came to listen, not to collect background music.
Marigny
Snug Harbor is the serious Frenchmen Street answer: seated shows, a proper listening room, and musicians booked with the assumption that the audience knows the difference between atmosphere and performance.
The room is intimate enough that attention becomes part of the etiquette. Dinner is separate from the show, which is useful to know before you plan the evening. Book tickets in advance for names you recognize and for the ones you do not; the calendar is the guide.
This is where to send someone who says they want jazz and means it. Frenchmen has plenty of noise. Snug has music.
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