JazzTimes
“In and Around New York, Jazz Clubs Come Out of the Sky”
JazzTimes, by Morgan Enos · June 25, 2026
A deep dive into the wave of new jazz rooms opening across the New York area, from Spike Wilner's Jazzcultural to The Pocket, Jazz on Main in Westchester, and The Statuary in Jersey City. One Flight Up gets a substantial feature within the piece: Joe Strasser talks about designing the room around a 1928 Steinway B piano, how a strong soft-opening sound convinced him to bring horns into what he'd planned as a duo-and-trio room, and his choice not to charge musicians a cover, since the club is meant to be a hang as much as a listening room.
"My aesthetic is mostly Blue Note-era jazz." — Joe Strasser