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Smalls Jazz Club

183 West 10th Street · West Village, Manhattan40.7335° N / 74.0030° W

Overview

Basement jazz room known for late-night sessions and a musician-first culture.

Smalls Jazz Club is a small West Village basement room opened in 1994, often cited for late-night jam sessions and a musician-first ethos, distinct from the Harlem club Smalls Paradise. It maintains an extensive audio archive of its sets.

Oral histories & archival media

Archive plates

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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
Flyer / ephemeraundated
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PhotographPL.02
Pending acquisition
Interior / crowdimage pending
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DocumentPL.03
Pending acquisition
Door policy / pressimage pending

Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here

Sonic profile

jazz

Cultural role

jam-session culturemusician-run room

Tags

#jazz#WestVillage#jamsessions#West10th

Related rooms

Village Vanguard

1935–present · Greenwich Village

Blue Note

1981–present · Greenwich Village

Smalls Paradise

1925–1986 · Harlem