Two blocks over, downtown's hotel scene emerged from the Jazz Age in 2006 when 21c Museum Hotel debuted its forward-thinking concept, nesting 90 lodgings atop the U.S.'s first museum devoted to 21st-century art.

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Despite the on-site competition from Ramsay and the soon-to-be-opened Hakkasan (an outlet of the famed Chinese restaurant group due to open in early 2013), the hotel has successfully brought jazz music to the region.

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She's also a major investor in London's exclusive Bulgari Hotel, and runs a contest for young jazz musicians in Spain.

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He now performs traditional jazz one night a week at the Royal Sonesta, a luxury hotel.

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The Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans bar is perhaps the stuffiest of New York's hotel bars, and one that requires a cover charge after 9:30 pm when various jazz musicians perform.

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