Jazz Bakery
Culver City, CA 90034
Phone: (310) 271-9039
- Cross Street:
- Between Venice Boulevard and Washington Boulevard
- Hours:
- Vary
Editorial Review for Jazz Bakery – by Margaret Griffis
In Short
The music might be really hot and cooking, but it's the old Helms Bakery that gives this club its name. When the bakery moved out, the Jazz Bakery moved in. Nestled among furniture stores and a fencing school, this nonprofit venue has become one the best spots in town for catching top jazz acts in a small setting. The roster of past performers includes such jazz heavyweights as Charlie Byrd, Diana Krall and Branford Marsalis, among others.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoMinimal beverages and foods are offered at the club, but there are plenty of restaurants in the vicinity.
User Reviews for Jazz Bakery
07/22/2007 Posted by jasmine12298
I have no idea what Jazz Bakery the two negative reviewers were at but the Jazz Bakery I know in the Helms complex in Culver City is simply one of the best jazz venues west of the Mississippi. I have seen everyone from McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Stefon Harris, Brian Blade, Bill Frissell, etc. This place is all about the music. No distracting waitress hustling drinks, no people eating and/or talking just real music fans behaving maturely and enjoying wonderful Jazz. It kills me that people are actually complaining about the price? Where else can you see the above world class artists for $25-35 with no "drink minimums" or "food minimums?" If these people want sticker shock, they should go to Yoshi's in SF (a wonderful place) or anywhere in NYC for a reality check. This is NOT a "club" it is a MUSIC venue. So, show up early and have dinner @ Beacon (or the Fathers Office that is coming soon!) walk over to the Bakery and enjoy some world class music uninterupted by rude patrons and opportunistic servers. My friend and I walked up at show time, bought 2 tickets to see Marc Cary and sit in the front row. If this place were in NYC you would have 1) long lines, 2) double/triple the price and 3) more noise.
Pros: all about the music
Cons: not a "club" eat dinner and have drinks elswhere
02/21/2007 Posted by kasikaib
Would you like imagining a picture? There is a small, dark, dirty hall full of cheap, plastic no comfortable chairs, which are standing one by one, row by row. Imagine that kind of flue sick singer by the name of Jazz Legend drinks wine between laud, cacophony sounds, which dump your brain without pity…Imagine grownups, which brought their kids to the performance, are drinking alcohol while listening to the noise pretend to be a music? Would you like such life experience? Pay $36, take a friend, and pay $36 more...Be overcharge twice over the phone, and over the desk clerk, pay $144!!! in total for youself anf your friend's nightmares! Go to Jazz Bakery! Enjoy!
Pros: The place is the worse nightmare in all aspects
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