We have compiled a list of some of the best jazz performances taking place on New Years Eve. Please check below to find a venue in your area.

(1) Chicago
Andy’s Jazz Club

DeFrancesco Trio
11 E. Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-642-6805
http://www.andysjazzclub.com

Ring in the new year with one of the greatest organists around as The Joey DeFrancesco Trio returns to the B3-loving Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago. Joey DeFrancesco is the undisputed king of the B3, the best jazz organist in the world. If you dig Joey, you’re not alone and you’re in pretty good company.

(2) Los Angeles
Jazz Bakery

Kenny Burrell, James Moody and Benny Green
3233 Helms Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
(310) 271-9039
http://www.jazzbakery.com

You can feel good about feeling good as the Jazz Bakery hosts a stellar quintet featuring James Moody, Kenny Burrell and Benny Green in a New Year’s Eve benefit concert. One of the surviving champions of Dizzy Gillespie’s music, NEA Jazz Master James Moody is an accomplished musician on the tenor and alto saxophones, as well as the flute, despite being born partially deaf. In addition to his instrumental prowess, Moody is an engaging entertainer, captivating audiences with his personal charm and wit.

(3) Minneapolis & St. Paul
Various Venues

Jazz fans know that the best celebrations of the New Year include some swing, some bop, and maybe something beyond. There’s ample opportunity to enjoy some of your favorites this New Year’s Eve in the Twin Cities. Some require advance reservations.

(4) New York
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club – Lounge
One For All

2751 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864.6662
http://www.smokejazz.com

New York’s world-renowned sextet One For All, taking its inspiration from the legendary groups of Miles Davis and Art Blakey, is an invigorating, high octane sextet that features original compositions and exceptional soloists. The band will close out 2008 with a special New Year’s performance.

(5) San Francisco
Yoshi’s
Eddie Palmieri

1330 Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
(415) 655-5600
http://sf.yoshis.com/sf/jazzclub

Eight-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri is an explosive, unpredictable lion of the keyboard. His gift for broken meters and chromatic passages led him to be dubbed “the Latin Monk” by timbalero Willie Bobo. Since the 1960s he has refreshed Latin dance music by introducing rock licks, urban poetry and elements of tango, cumbia, waltz and the folkloric musics of his beloved Puerto Rico.

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