Mezzrow Jazz Club

What Mezzrow Jazz Club does

Mezzrow Jazz Club operates an intimate live jazz venue at 163 West 10th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, presenting ticketed performances with multiple nightly sets and a mandatory one-drink minimum. It is wholly owned and operated by The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & Education (Tax ID 38-4083862), a New York not-for-profit arts organization that also runs Smalls Jazz Club (183 W. 10th Street) and Jazzcultural (349 W. 46th Street), forming a three-venue network under a single foundation umbrella.

The foundation has run a proprietary live-streaming platform since 2007 — a first in the jazz-venue category — broadcasting complete evening performances free of charge to a global audience during normal operating times. This streaming layer feeds the SmallsLIVE Archive, an audio/video library of all Smalls and Mezzrow shows where royalties are paid directly to musicians, and which is accessible to tax-deductible Supporting Members of the foundation. A separate SmallsLIVE Catalog allows members to sponsor individually produced artist projects and receive downloads or CDs. Members can also directly sponsor musicians through catalog listening, with sponsorship dollars flowing back to the artists.

Revenue is generated through advance and walk-in ticket sales ($20 general / $25 reserved listening-room seats, with $10 discounts for students and musicians), the per-set beverage minimum, recurring tax-deductible donations to the foundation, and artist-sponsorship contributions. Distribution is direct-to-consumer across three channels: in-venue box office, online ticketing via smallslive.com, and the free global livestream that functions as a top-of-funnel awareness layer for the physical venues. The customer base consists of jazz enthusiasts attending shows, professional and emerging jazz musicians performing at the venue, and community supporters providing philanthropic funding via the nonprofit foundation.

Name

Mezzrow Jazz Club

Legal name

The SmallsLIVE Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://smallslive.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mezzrow Jazz Club is a not-for-profit intimate live jazz venue in Greenwich Village, NYC, operated by The SmallsLIVE Foundation alongside Smalls and Jazzcultural. It presents nightly ticketed sets, streams performances globally, and runs a musician-royalty archive and sponsorship platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Jazz Performance Venue

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD), Nightclub & Small Live Venue Operations (Clubs, Bars with Stages) (MPAGALAF), Live Music Bars & Venues (CRANACAH)

Keywords

• Live jazz venue
• Jazz performance tickets
• Live music streaming
• Jazz musician sponsorship
• Intimate listening room

Headquarters

HQ city

West New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Advance and walk-in ticket sales for live jazz performances with multiple sets per evening
2. Beverage Sales: One-drink minimum per person per set, generating beverage revenue from attendees
3. Membership Sponsorship: Supporting Members of The SmallsLIVE Foundation can sponsor musicians and access archive content. Donations are tax-deductible
4. Artist Sponsorship: Members sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music in the catalog, with sponsorships directly supporting artists
5. Donations: Tax-deductible donations to The SmallsLIVE Foundation supporting venue operations, recording projects, tours, and educational initiatives

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mezzrow Jazz Club operates as an intimate live jazz listening room in Greenwich Village, presenting nightly multi-set performances by professional jazz musicians. The offering extends beyond the live room to include free live streaming of full evenings, an audio/video archive (SmallsLIVE Archive) with royalties paid directly to musicians, the SmallsLIVE Catalog of artist-produced projects, and musician sponsorship programs run through The SmallsLIVE Foundation. A one-drink minimum per person per set is required.

Product overview

Mezzrow Jazz Club operates as part of The SmallsLIVE Foundation, a not-for-profit jazz venue network. The core offering is live jazz performances with full evening streaming, supplemented by the SmallsLIVE Archive (audio/video library of past shows), the SmallsLIVE Catalog (artist projects), and musician sponsorship programs. The venues stream performances live at no cost and maintain an extensive archive with royalties paid directly to musicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SmallsLIVE Archive: An audio/video library of all shows at Smalls & Mezzrow where royalties are paid directly to musicians by The SmallsLIVE Foundation.
• SmallsLIVE Catalog
• The SmallsLIVE Foundation

Products and services

• Live Jazz Performances Live jazz performances at Mezzrow Jazz Club featuring nightly shows with multiple sets by musicians across various jazz ensembles, presented in an intimate listening room format. Includes a one-drink minimum per person per set, with general walk-in and reserved seating options.
• Live Streaming of Performances Free live streaming of jazz performances from the venue to a global audience, originally pioneered in 2007. Replaces in-person attendance for remote viewers and functions as a top-of-funnel awareness channel for in-person shows.
• SmallsLIVE Archive Audio/video library of all shows at Smalls and Mezzrow with direct royalty payments to musicians through The SmallsLIVE Foundation. Supporting Members access the archive and sponsor their favorite musicians by listening to their music.
• SmallsLIVE Catalog Collection of individually produced artist projects where SmallsLIVE Members may sponsor artists of their choice and receive their music as downloads or CDs. Sponsorships directly support the artist.
• Musician Sponsorship Program Tax-deductible donation and sponsorship channel through The SmallsLIVE Foundation that allows supporters to directly fund performing jazz musicians at the venue, with a stated minimum donation amount paid directly to musicians.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The SmallsLIVE Foundation for Jazz Art & EducationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe SmallsLIVE Foundation is the parent not-for-profit arts organization that operates Mezzrow Jazz Club along with Smalls Jazz Club and Jazzcultural. The foundation's mission is to subsidize venue operations, recording projects, tours, and educational initiatives. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the foundation kept clubs floating and sponsored live-streamed concerts to keep musicians working.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Village Vanguard: Legendary intimate basement jazz venue in Greenwich Village with nightly ticketed sets — same neighborhood, same intimate-listening-room format, same weekly multi-set programming as Mezzrow.
• Dizzy's Club: Jazz at Lincoln Center's intimate jazz venue with ticketed sets, table seating, and city views — comparable programming, ticketing model, and target audience to Mezzrow.
• Birdland Jazz Club: Midtown Manhattan jazz venue with nightly ticketed performances, table seating, and full bar service — closely comparable in programming structure and target demographic to Mezzrow.
• Smoke Jazz Club: Uptown Manhattan jazz supper club with nightly live performances, table seating, and bar service — similar intimate venue model with food and beverage revenue streams.
• Blue Note Jazz Club: Iconic NYC jazz club presenting ticketed live jazz performances with table seating, food and beverage service — directly comparable to Mezzrow's Greenwich Village venue model and target audience.
• Jazz Standard: Former NYC jazz venue in the Gramercy area known for intimate listening-room experience, ticketed multi-set programming, and full bar service — directly comparable venue format to Mezzrow.

Broad incumbents

• Jazz at Lincoln Center: Large-scale institutional nonprofit presenting jazz programming across multiple venues including Dizzy's Club, with ticketed performances, education, and donor-supported operations — broader portfolio and scale but same nonprofit-presenter DNA.
• SFJAZZ: Major nonprofit jazz presenter operating a dedicated venue with ticketed performances, education programming, and donor support — comparable nonprofit-presenter model and audience, but at a significantly larger institutional scale.

Regional players

• The Jazz Cafe: Premier London live music venue presenting jazz, soul, and related genres with ticketed performances and bar service — comparable intimate venue model but in the UK market rather than NYC.
• Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club: World-renowned London jazz club offering ticketed nightly sets with table service and bar — same intimate venue format, multi-set programming, and artist-friendly model as Mezzrow, but UK-based.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smallslive

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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