Even bars on the Frenchmen Street strip, a quasi-Bourbon Street where jazz and rock clubs sprouted in the 1980s, often feature bands that have to pass the hat for tips.
The festival survived both the terrible three-year Siege of Leningrad during WWII and the restrictions of the Soviet era that ended in 1991, rebounding to include concerts, dances, fireworks, a sailing fleet, jazz performances, street parties and more.
Just across the street is Maison, where the jazz line up is supplemented by plenty of local dance DJs and indie rock talent.
It's hard to tell in the reddish darkness of the Apple Barrel, a cluttered jazz bar on Frenchmen Street, especially when a drunkard wobbles by, momentarily blocking the view of the tiny stage.
But the actual television coverage as they go to commercials showing a paddle wheeler on the river, chefs cooking in the kitchen, street performers in Jackson Square or jazz trumpet players playing in the clubs, those kind of high def commercial spots on a broadcast that has over a billion households around the world are something that we could not begin to buy.
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Less traditional, but still a London institution, is Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (47 Frith Street, Soho).
But the mood inside the cordon remained mostly good-humored with a jazz band, drummers and street theatre groups keeping the crowds entertained throughout the afternoon.
Just along Oxford Street, the 100 Club, originally Mack's, has hosted jazz sessions since 1942.
When Barbara Zinn Krieger founded the Vineyard for the 1981-1982 season at its original 26th Street location (it opened at its current home on East 15th Street in 1989), she wanted to start a showcase venue with programs ranging from jazz to theater to opera, providing herself and her friends in the community a place to learn and work.
Later this summer, Parlor Entertainment will take the music outdoors and across the street to the grounds of the 18th-century Morris-Jumel Mansion for the 21st annual Jazz at the Mansion.
Locals let loose on Frenchman Street, a three-block music strip that is home to one of the best collections of jazz clubs in the world.
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