Jazz Club La Zorra Y El Cuervo — Attraction in Príncipe

I’ve been going to La Zorra y El Cuervo regularly for nearly fifteen years and it has gone significantly downhill recently. Management no longer runs the club with respect for the music as its main priority. Now it is one more stop for tourists. On a recent night, the club was overfilled—not enough seats for everyone they let in—creating noise, blocked sight lines, and distraction. A significant percentage of the patrons were obviously not interested in the music and there was a good deal of conversation. The club no longer accepts individual reservations, only from tour groups. The level of the music has declined as well. Top names appear only 4-5 times a month, and even they are not playing their A-level music. This is not to say their level of musicianship has declined, of course, just that they don’t seem to be playing for a jazz-loving crowd. On top of all this the cover has gone up 50 percent, to 15 CUC. Some people call La Zorra y El Cuervo a typical jazz club. Unfortunately that is now...

The rating is a bit unfair because of the band that was playing there that night. We came about 11 o clock in a Thursday night and the band was on a break. The cover charge was 300 pesos which included a drink so it was very reasonable. The club was small but cosy with a decent sound system. However the band was very very strange. We are used to more avant garde styles, it seems like the music was original music with a little bit of a drum and bass style. However it was just too much keyboard solos and drum solos and it was a waste of a trumpet, saxophone and trombone. I like drum solos and even bass solos but after three songs we left. It was just too heavy handed on the...

Great bands and amazing NYC style Jazz. Super cozy atmosphere... place seats abt 50 at tables and abt 10 at bar. DRAWBACK overcrowded is an understatement. The table and sitting arrangement are absoutely inadequate for the space and the people willing to go in. We got there at 9:50 (place opens at 10) and waited 45 minutes in line of 80 strong to get in. When we were let in about 25 mins later we were told to stand all the way in the back by a wall. If you go with more than 2 people and later than 10pm you might as well forget about it (unless you go there at 9 and wait) Just go to the JAZZ CAFE further up in Vedado, which has plent of room...