The Jazz Room: Journey to the Heart of Cuba

The Cuba show takes The Jazz Room's band format south to Havana: Fever lists the music as Cuban bolero and salsa, moving from heartfelt boleros to son and salsa rhythms, with chosen classics and improvisation. The songs it names are Chan Chan, Cómo Fue, Son de la Loma, La Vida es un Carnaval and Guantanamera, all in Spanish. Chan Chan is the one most visitors will know: Compay Segundo wrote it in 1984, and it became the opening track of the 1997 Buena Vista Social Club album, whose players went on to perform at Carnegie Hall in 1998, according to Wikipedia. It is a tribute played by other musicians, not the original artists.

It plays once, on Sunday 22 November 2026, at 18:30 and 21:00, at Sony Hall, 235 West 46th Street, a block from Times Square. The room opened as the Diamond Horseshoe in 1938 and reopened in 2018, and Sony Hall's own site gives it 500 seated or 1,000 standing. That matters here: the cheapest ticket, Zone C at 27 dollars, is standing room. If you want to sit for the hour, Zone B starts at 41.04 dollars, then Zone A and VIP; seats in each zone are first come, first served, and Fever says to arrive 30 minutes early.

This is the one Jazz Room with a dinner to go with it: Fever offers a three-course prix-fixe add-on at 65 dollars per ticket holder, with a starter, a main and a dessert. Drinks come from the bar, and Fever suggests a signature cocktail, with or without alcohol. Sony Hall's FAQ lists a 20-dollar per person food and drink minimum at tables. For how zones, doors and late entry work across all four shows, see our full guide to The Jazz Room in New York.