Jazz in Vienna

[LouisvillePrez]

I am going to Vienna for a long weekend later this month. Want to check out some live music as well as record stores (new and used; labels not as available in the USA). Welcome recommended clubs and stores.

[Pim]

Never been there physically (well when I was 2). I’ve ordered lots of music from Black Monk who is specialized in jazz.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KuYze4tDVrQK174q8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

https://www.schallplatten-ankauf-verkauf.at

Edited June 9 by Pim

[Д.Д.]

There is a lot of jazz in Vienna, but please note that the live activity dies down somewhat over the summer.

As far as I am concerned, the best jazz club in Vienna is Porgy & Bess. Excellent sound and a wide range of world-class acts. Here is the program: https://www.porgy.at/en/events/upcoming .

Jazzland is an old-style club for solid mainstream jazz: https://www.jazzland.at/e_index.htm 

There is a nice club called Zwe. I was there just a couple of times. Good atmosphere, jam session type of place: https://www.zwe.cc/ 

Cafe Celeste is a no-frills underground place with often excellent free Improvisation jams (on Mondays, mostly): https://www.celeste.co.at/ 

There are many Viennese micro-labels, and this one is particularly excellent and criminally poorly distributed: Handsemmel (https://www.crackedanegg.com/handsemmel-records/) - just 11 releases in as many years, but each one is really high-quality stuff.  

Jazzwerkstatt Wien (https://jazzwerkstatt-records.myshopify.com/collections/catalogue) releases a lot of interesting music, but it is all streamable / bandcampabale. This one is a sleeper classic, for example:

Enjoy Vienna, it's a great city - for music and much else!

Edited June 9 by Д.Д.

[LouisvillePrez]

On 6/9/2025 at 12:46 PM, Pim said:

Never been there physically (well when I was 2). I’ve ordered lots of music from Black Monk who is specialized in jazz.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KuYze4tDVrQK174q8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

https://www.schallplatten-ankauf-verkauf.at

Thanks!

On 6/9/2025 at 2:33 PM, Д.Д. said:

There is a lot of jazz in Vienna, but please note that the live activity dies down somewhat over the summer.

As far as I am concerned, the best jazz club in Vienna is Porgy & Bess. Excellent sound and a wide range of world-class acts. Here is the program: https://www.porgy.at/en/events/upcoming .

Jazzland is an old-style club for solid mainstream jazz: https://www.jazzland.at/e_index.htm 

There is a nice club called Zwe. I was there just a couple of times. Good atmosphere, jam session type of place: https://www.zwe.cc/ 

Cafe Celeste is a no-frills underground place with often excellent free Improvisation jams (on Mondays, mostly): https://www.celeste.co.at/ 

There are many Viennese micro-labels, and this one is particularly excellent and criminally poorly distributed: Handsemmel (https://www.crackedanegg.com/handsemmel-records/) - just 11 releases in as many years, but each one is really high-quality stuff.  

Jazzwerkstatt Wien (https://jazzwerkstatt-records.myshopify.com/collections/catalogue) releases a lot of interesting music, but it is all streamable / bandcampabale. This one is a sleeper classic, for example:

Enjoy Vienna, it's a great city - for music and much else!

Thanks!