Audience members watching musicians in a small nightclub.

Last call at the 55 Bar as the West Village jazz club closes its doors

WNYC News | May 25, 2022

More than a hundred musicians and bar regulars from across the city packed themselves inside the subterranean venue to say goodbye to the grimy jazz club that both emerging artists and Grammy-award winners have called their musical home.

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