5 Jazz Clubs & Bars in Central Russia That You Shouldn't Miss

Welcome to "Academ Jazz Club". Traditional and ethno-jazz, rock and roll, funk, blues and soul, flamenco and bossa nova sound in our walls! Our residents are Yevgeny Margulis, Peter Podgorodetsky, Valery Syutkin, Andrei Sapunov, Andrei Makarevich, Konstantin Nikolsky, Oleg Kireev, Denis Mazhukov, Acapella Express, Mariam Merabova, Eteri Beriashvili, Levan Lomidze and Blues Cousins, Sharon Clark)). (USA), Janine Carter (USA), Roy Young (Jamaica) and many others! Concerts start at 20:00, duration - about 2 hours.

Igor Butman Jazz Club is a legendary jazz venue and a landmark of Russian jazz history. For more than 20 years Igor Butman Club has been a place where the new history of Russian jazz is born and jazz life is in the full swing. Launched by Igor Butman in 1999, the Butman Club (known then as Le Club) became a genuine window to the international jazz world for Russian jazz lovers, and it’s not an exaggeration. Most of the biggest names in the history of jazz made their first gigs in Russia at our club. Starting its long, bright and eventful history with concert series by such jazz greats as Ray Brown, Jimmy Smith, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Joe Zawinul, Roy Hargrove, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, the club has continued it with presenting shows by Medeski, Martin & Wood, Robert Glasper, Chris Potter, Christian McBride, Avishai Cohen, Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour (to name a few) in the recent few years.

Kozlov club - is a legendary Moscow jazz club named after the famous soviet rebel musician Alexey Kozlov. The club is the biggest venue in the city with everyday music program, fantastic cuisine and diverse and qualitative bar. By now the scene of Kozlov club has hosted such world-known starts like Steve Gadd, Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Gregory Privat, Scott Henderson.