This is a list of notable American venues where jazz music is, or has been, played. It includes jazz clubs, nightclubs, dancehalls and historic venues as well.
Alabama
Carver Theatre, Birmingham
California
Los Angeles metropolitan area
The Baked Potato, Studio City
Billy Berg's, Hollywood
Catalina Bar & Grill, Hollywood
Donte's, North Hollywood
Down Beat, Central Avenue
Dunbar Hotel, Central Avenue
The Haig, Hollywood
Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill & Jazz, Bel Air
Jazz Bakery, Culver City
Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach
Lincoln Theater, Central Avenue
Quality Cafe, Downtown
Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood
Tiffany Club, Wilshire District
San Francisco Bay Area
Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco
Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco
Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco
Kuumbwa, Downtown Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley
Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
SF Jazz Center, San Francisco
Yoshi's Jazz Club, Jack London Square, Oakland
District of Columbia
Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington
Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington
KC Jazz Club (Kennedy Center), Foggy Bottom, Washington
Georgia
Eddie's Attic, Decatur
Hawaii
Blue Note Hawaii, Waikiki, Honolulu
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis
Louisiana
Lulu White's Mahogany Hall, Storyville, New Orleans
Maple Leaf Bar, Uptown, New Orleans
Preservation Hall, French Quarter, New Orleans
Snug Harbor, Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans
Tipitina's, Uptown, New Orleans
Maryland
Keystone Korner, Baltimore
Sportsmen's Lounge, Baltimore
Massachusetts
Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton
Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge
Boston
Hi-Hat
Jazz Workshop
Lulu White's
Paul's Mall
Scullers Jazz Club, Allston
Southland
Storyville
Wally's Cafe
Michigan
Detroit
Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Blue Bird Inn
Cliff Bell's
Orchestra Hall, or Paradise Theater
Minnesota
Artists' Quarter, Twin Cities
Dakota Jazz Club, Twin Cities
Missouri
Subway Club, Kansas City
Peacock Alley, St. Louis
Nebraska
Dreamland Ballroom, North Omaha
New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
New York
New York City
Manhattan
52nd Street
Downbeat Jazz Club
Famous Door
Hickory House
Jazz Standard
Jimmy Ryan's
Kelly's Stables
Onyx Club
Three Deuces
Bowery
Five Spot
Columbus Circle
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
East Village
8BC
Greenwich Village
Arthur's Tavern
Blue Note
Boomer's
The Bottom Line
Café Bohemia
Café Society
Condon's
The Cookery
Nick's
Smalls Jazz Club
The Village Gate
Village Vanguard
Harlem
Alhambra
Apollo Theater, generally prior to the 1960s
Baby Grand
Cotton Club
Lenox Lounge
Lincoln Theater
Minton's Playhouse
Clark Monroe's Uptown House
Savoy Ballroom
Smalls Paradise
Patrick's Place
Lower East Side
Slug's Saloon
Midtown Manhattan
Birdland
Carnegie Hall
Iridium Jazz Club
Metropole
Roseland Ballroom
NoHo
Studio Rivbea (see Sam Rivers)
SoHo
Ali's Alley (see Rashied Ali)