Alcatraz. 1072 Nyár u. 1. Tel: 06/1-478-60-10. [Traditional Jaz every Wednesday]

Big Mambo. Maria utca 48. Tel: (361) 210 3436. [Open seven days a week]

Budapest Jazz Forum. Erzsébet krt. 23. Tel: (361) 342 2461. [owner/manager: Laszlo Pataki. Mostly mainstream jazz. Live music each day at 21.00. Fine pizza and beer]

Budapest Jazz Club. Múzeum utca 7. [Kossuth Klub épülete] Tel: 267-2610 or 06 70 4139837

iF Cafe. Rady Street 19 budapest Tel: +3612990694 Fax: +3602990694 [contact: Gyorgy Hoffmann. Live jazz music 3-4 nights in a week. Duos and trios, best Hungarian musicians. International food. Contemporary art exhibitions. Terrace.]

Old Man's Music Pub. Akácfa u. 13. Tel: (361) 322 7645. [Everyday at 9pm]

Take Five. Paulay Ede utca 2. Tel: +36-30-986-8856 [contact: Márton Székely. Jazzbar in the heart of the city. Live concerts five times of a week (tue-sat) with local and international stars of jazz. Concerts start around 21.00h but never before. No food but great selection of fine wines and draft beers.]

The Jazz Garden. 1053 Veres Pálné u. 44/a. Tel: (+ 36-1) 266-7364 Fax: (+36-1) 266-7365. [The Jazz Garden Music Club & Restaurant must be a very special attraction in the very heart of Budapest. Here you can enjoy the atmosphere of a summer night in a starlit garden even though you are in a cellar. "Jazz Garden" proudly presents the celebrities of the Hungarian and international jazz scene nightly. We have both a casual jazz club and sophisticated restaurant on the premises. Food is served in both every day and night. A nicely designed banquet room is avaliable for your special events and parties.]

The Long Jazz Club. Dohány u.22-24. Tel: (361) 322-0006 [owner/manager: Andras Hosszu. Mostly mainstream and fusion jazz. Live music each day at 21.00.]

SZEKESFEHERVAR

Petofi Mozi Music Pub. Arany Janos Utca 22. Szekesfehervar. Tel: +36-22-950471 [contact: Tamas Voros. Our venue is in town of Szekesfehervar, placed in neighbourhood of beautiful historical downtown. The intention is to invite the hungarian jazz greats as well as to present to hungarian audience what is new on the worldwide avantgarde jazz and creative music scene. For the latest we have a special series of gigs called N.O.E.W.A. Jazz Workshop Series, for which I am the artistic director and manager. Very soon the N.O.E.W.A. shall have its own website with lots of information on musicians, the past and forthcoming gigs, as well as the latest news on jazz. Occasionally there are folk and world music performances.]