- Jazz Café
Infobox music venue
name = Jazz Café
caption =
location =Camden Town ,London
type =Jazz club
genres =Jazz Drum and bass Hip-hop
years_active = 1992 — present
capacity = 350
owner = Mean Fiddler
promotions =
website = [http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage_jazz.asp?PageID=387 www.meanfiddler.com]The Jazz Café is a music venue in
Parkway inCamden Town ,London ,England . It opened in 1990, in the former premises of Barclays Bank, and has been run byMean Fiddler Music Group since 1992.The original Jazz Cafe was founded by Jon Dabner in Newington Green,
Stoke Newington and many UK jazz musicians played there. These musicians moved to theVortex when the club moved.It is now exclusively a music venue with a capacity of 350. One particularity of this venue is that there is a restaurant at the first floor from where shows may be viewed.
It has played host to many up-and-coming
jazz bands such asMaceo Parker ,Courtney Pine , etc. Some very famous reggae bands come regularly to the cafe, includingLee Scratch Perry ,The skatalites ,Max Romeo , Luciano,Marcia Griffiths , etc.A few
drum and bass bands are coming sometimes likeThe Bays orLondon Electricity .A few Hip hop bands play there like
De la Soul ,Blackalicious ,Lyrics Born , etc.External links
* [http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage_jazz.asp?PageID=387 Jazz Café web site]
* [http://www.meanfiddler.com The Official Mean Fiddler Website]
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