Zinc Bar is a classic underground Greenwich Village Jazz club in the historic space of the former Cinderella Club. The owners are New York Argentines. 🇦🇷
Zinc Bar Jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas sing Afro-Cuban jazz for the Ancestors; in residence at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺
Cuban Timba and Jazz
Axel Tosca’s Cuban jam features the timba pianist with legendary trova diva Xiomara Laugart in a night of Cuban jazz; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 9:30pm & 11pm. $30. 🇨🇺
Brazilian Bossa Nova Jazz
Valtinho Anastácio has the Brazilian percussionist playing bossa nova jazz; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 7:30pm & 9pm. $35. 🇧🇷
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas sing Afro-Cuban jazz for the Ancestors; in residence at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺
Panamanian Jazz
Santi Debriano’s Bembé Arktet has the Panamanian bassist playing jazz inspired by West African Yoruba traditions; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, September 27, 2024 at 7pm & 8:30pm. $45. 🇵🇦
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas sing Afro-Cuban jazz for the Ancestors; in residence at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. ¡Ashé! 🇨🇺
Spanish Jazz
Marta Sanchez Trio has the Spanish pianist playing jazz; at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7pm & 9pm. $35. 🇪🇸
Zinc Bar Tickets
It’s a small club so the earlier you go, the better seat you’ll get. With shows that include African drums, we like to be as close to those healing instruments as possible. But a big brass line may blow you away, so decide what you like.
Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd St
(between Sullivan and Thompson St)
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Zinc Bar is a Cinderella Story
Walking around Greenwich Village, you used to hear jazz floating up out of basements on almost every block. Not any more, but Zinc Bar is a little bit of what New York City used to be.
From the 1930s to the 1950s, the space was the Cinderella Club. The house pianist was Thelonious Monk. Billie Holiday sang there. You might see people like Mae West and Frank Sinatra in the audience.
In the 1960s and 1970s it became a late night club Tenth of Always and then Bonnie & Clyde’s, a famous lesbian bar. In the 1980s and 1990s, the space became The Baggot Inn comedy club. It was last an Irish rock club.
Today the bar is owned by an Argentine family. Maybe that is why it has an international sound. You will hear bossa nova, cumbia, flamenco, rumba, son, tango, and all that jazz.
The club is like an old movie set. It’s worth visiting for that old vibe. Whatever your Latin jazz thing is, you are sure to find a shoe that fits at Zinc Bar.
Latin Artists
Zinc Bar’s artist lineup shows the roots of Latin music in Beninese Dahomey, Nigerian Yoruba, and Brazilian Candomblé traditions. The Ancestors are here.
Axel Tosca, Cuban timba and jazz pianist. 🇨🇺
Melvis Santa & Jazz Orishas, Afro-Cuban jazz. 🇨🇺
Xiomara Laugart, Cuban trova and jazz diva. 🇨🇺