One in a duo of long-standing and highly lauded jazz clubs, the Vixen and the Crow opens its doors nightly at 10pm to long lines of committed music fiends. Enter through a red British phone box and descend into a diminutive and dark basement. The scene is more hot and clamorous than the Jazz Café and leans toward freestyle jazz.
Jazz Club la Zorra y El Cuervo
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