Group options
based on groups of 25 or more with own transportation

1-Weekend Brunch with jazz: $30 per person

2-Jazz w/ Dinner: $70 per person

3-Jazz set without food or drink: $22.00 per person

4-Sunday Harlem Living History Jazz Tour: 5-hours of touring and live music in 3 clubs: $50 per person.

5-Tour Guide service to historical jazz sites of New York for 4-hours:  $75.00/per hour. Group price: $300

Please keep in mind that at Big Apple Jazz Tours clients are encouraged to help design their customized jazz tours by suggesting a wish list of activities that suits their needs and desires.  Nothing is impossible in the world capital of jazz.  For example:  We can arrange a visit to an old Harlem Speakeasy and get to do a workshop with a local musician for an additional $30 per person; or arrange for some of your talented members to join a jam session (price depends on the day of the week).  We can visit a Brooklyn or Harlem brownstone and arrange a private recital for the group to fit their itinerary for $30 per person.  There is no limit to what can be accomplished, and we will work hard to suit any budget.  The important thing is getting exactly what you want out of your Big Apple Jazz experience.  Live jazz styles available are limitless here in New York City:  Swing, Vocals, Bebop, Latin, Soul Jazz, Acid Jazz, Blues, Fusion, Trad., Modern, Free and from individuals to orchestras - everything is here. And seven nights a week anytime from noon to 4AM some kind of jazz can be found playing live somewhere in town.  Big Apple Jazz Tours is the only tour company in New York that is capable of getting you where you're going and getting it done right.

More Options:

1a) Harlem Sights and Sounds - 4-hours

 1:00PM - Pick Up from your hotel by Gordon Polatnick, founder of Big Apple Jazz Tours.  We will start with a short drive with commentary up to Harlem the cradle of the New York jazz scene since the early decades of the last century.

 1:30PM - Our route will take us past the Apollo Theater and the Legendary Tree of Hope on our way to visit the home of Harlem's jazz hostess Marjorie Eliot for a private recital in her living room.  Marjorie's apartment building was also home to jazz greats Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Andy Kirk among others.  A jazz trio will play the standards Ellington, Strayhorn and other composers who've left their mark on world culture from their Harlem home base.

 2:30PM -  A special stop up the street to browse in a vintage jazz bookstore housed in a Harlem brownstone, which is owned and operated by the man who established private libraries for New York's elite social and celebrity class.

 3:00PM - The next portion of the tour is dedicated to learning about and visiting the sites that made jazz history such as the sites of the original Cotton Club, Savoy Ballroom, Minton's Playhouse, Small's Paradise, Connie's Inn, as well as the Sugar Hill home of Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Eubie Blake and others. And if time and weather permit, take a short walk along the Harlem Walk of Fame to the site of the original Big Apple jazz club.

 5:00PM - We will conclude the tour back at your hotel in time to rest up for a great evening of jazz..

2a) Soulful Jazz and Soul Food in Harlem - 4-hours

6:30PM - You will be picked-up from your hotel by Gordon Polatnick, founder of Big Apple Jazz Tours, for an evening of great jazz  and food in a fabulous supper club in the heart of the tony Strivers Row district of Harlem.  Our route will take us past some of the finest row houses and brownstones created a hundred years ago by the best architects of New York.

Your menu choices will consist of a variety of delectable southern cooking options including: Pan Seared Salmon, Honey BBQ Baby Back Ribs, Sautéed Shrimp, Chicken & Waffles and  Centered-cut Pork Chops.  Desserts include: Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie, Homemade Bread & Butter Pudding w/rum and caramel sauce and Peach Cobbler.  Side dishes, corn bread, coffee or tea and a soft drink round out the menu for a superbly savory meal.

 One of the finest female vocalists from the Harlem jazz scene and her quartet will be on hand to serenade us for two magnificent sets of standards.  And you never know who will walk in off the street to sit in or perhaps offer an impromptu tap dance. 

10:30PM Back at hotel. It will be an evening you will not forget that delivers on Harlem's historic promise that it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

email : gordon@bigapplejazz.com

Call Gordon at 718 606-8442