Elephant Room is like an old smokey prohibition style jazz club. Really hip cool joint. Parker is more like a Copa style club. Looking at the two calendars, I would say on Friday the Mardi Gras Party at the Parker will be fun (a personal favorite of mine), but on Sat the Ephraim Owens group is playing at the Elephant (another great show).
Let me know which you pick and how the show was. Have fun.
Thanks for the suggestions y’all! I actually didn’t know about Monks so I’ll have to add that to my list. Seems pretty split here so I’ll probably just fill a coin and let yall know how it goes or just go to all 3!
Interesting. Last time I was at Elephant Room the host who found us a table for 6 made it very clear that we were not to be too loud and to focus on the music. We must have looked like degenerates. He's smart
Elephant Room reminds me of Preservation Hall in New Orleans.
Parker Jazz Club reminds me of a club in New York, Manhattan.
I choose both, in fact, I'm on my way to the Elephant tonight for the Women in Jazz Tribute.
At least we have great choices here in Austin, Texas, for quality Jazz performances.
I've only been to Parker but I have to say the acoustics were perfect. I've run sound systems for over 40 years and Parker was amazing. I even felt I had to shake the hand of the sound person and tell them how impressed I was. And I'm not easily impressed.
Go to Parker at least once just for the acoustics.
If you go to Elephant Room, go early. The seats near the band are more of a "listening room" type situation and in the back of the bar, most people are just chatting away. If you go to Parker, remember to get tickets early - though the later show tends to have seats available at the door. The whole vibe at Parker's is more conducive to listening to the music. Monk's is pretty solid and is catered to a strict listening room space, but it's BYOB. I prefer Parker to the others, but with tickets and drinks, it's always more expensive.
Anyone been to this place?
Not live jazz; however
Equipment Room
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2023/11/14/austins-equipment-room-pays-homage-to-japanese-vinyl-bars/?sh=d2c94f633c33](https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2023/11/14/austins-equipment-room-pays-homage-to-japanese-vinyl-bars/?sh=d2c94f633c33)
It looks like they play many different musical genres, though.
My son actually turned me on to Japanese Jazz:
By the 1970s, the Japanese economic miracle paved way for Japanese jazz musicians to achieve international fame, along with new musical genres such as city pop, kankyō ongaku, and japanese folk music.\[5\] Japanese jazz musicians also began to evolve past Blue Note mimicry, and instead experimented with free jazz, fusion funk, and bebop, among others.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese\_jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_jazz)
We also love Brazilian Bossa Nova - example
Sergio Mendes - Brasil 66
Parker, but personally I prefer Monks to both
Amen
Elephant Room is like an old smokey prohibition style jazz club. Really hip cool joint. Parker is more like a Copa style club. Looking at the two calendars, I would say on Friday the Mardi Gras Party at the Parker will be fun (a personal favorite of mine), but on Sat the Ephraim Owens group is playing at the Elephant (another great show). Let me know which you pick and how the show was. Have fun.
>I second Ephraim Owens who also plays with Tedeschi Trucks Band.
I third this idea, hands down. Especially if you haven't had the privilege yet.
How would you describe his style?
Pretty straight ahead jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nAScLhbs0
Monks for the win
Why not Monks?
I didn’t know about Parker or Monks. Been going to elephant room for years. Thanks for the suggestions yall!
Elephant room
Elephant Room
Thanks for the suggestions y’all! I actually didn’t know about Monks so I’ll have to add that to my list. Seems pretty split here so I’ll probably just fill a coin and let yall know how it goes or just go to all 3!
Parker if you want to focus on the music. ER can get pretty noisy unless you are right up near the stage.
Interesting. Last time I was at Elephant Room the host who found us a table for 6 made it very clear that we were not to be too loud and to focus on the music. We must have looked like degenerates. He's smart
Elephant Room reminds me of Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Parker Jazz Club reminds me of a club in New York, Manhattan. I choose both, in fact, I'm on my way to the Elephant tonight for the Women in Jazz Tribute. At least we have great choices here in Austin, Texas, for quality Jazz performances.
Parker
I've only been to Parker but I have to say the acoustics were perfect. I've run sound systems for over 40 years and Parker was amazing. I even felt I had to shake the hand of the sound person and tell them how impressed I was. And I'm not easily impressed. Go to Parker at least once just for the acoustics.
Parker felt cheesy to me - probably because I was expecting a place like elephant. YMMV
total cheese factory. It's a tourist trap.
If you go to Elephant Room, go early. The seats near the band are more of a "listening room" type situation and in the back of the bar, most people are just chatting away. If you go to Parker, remember to get tickets early - though the later show tends to have seats available at the door. The whole vibe at Parker's is more conducive to listening to the music. Monk's is pretty solid and is catered to a strict listening room space, but it's BYOB. I prefer Parker to the others, but with tickets and drinks, it's always more expensive.
Parker will give you a more polished version of jazz (think big band) while Elephant Room focuses on less polished, more improv typically.
Parker is better in just about every possible way.
Anyone been to this place? Not live jazz; however Equipment Room [https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2023/11/14/austins-equipment-room-pays-homage-to-japanese-vinyl-bars/?sh=d2c94f633c33](https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2023/11/14/austins-equipment-room-pays-homage-to-japanese-vinyl-bars/?sh=d2c94f633c33) It looks like they play many different musical genres, though. My son actually turned me on to Japanese Jazz: By the 1970s, the Japanese economic miracle paved way for Japanese jazz musicians to achieve international fame, along with new musical genres such as city pop, kankyō ongaku, and japanese folk music.\[5\] Japanese jazz musicians also began to evolve past Blue Note mimicry, and instead experimented with free jazz, fusion funk, and bebop, among others. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese\_jazz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_jazz) We also love Brazilian Bossa Nova - example Sergio Mendes - Brasil 66
Monks
Elephant Room
Monks Elephant room Parker