Baker's Keyboard Lounge
Best Jazz Club in Detroit · MI
Billed as the world's oldest jazz club
Baker's Keyboard Lounge, booking jazz since 1934, is billed as the oldest continuously operating jazz club in the world. The intimate, 99-seat Art Deco room on Livernois — with its distinctive piano-keyboard bar — has hosted Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and generations of Detroit players.
Pairing live jazz with soul food, Baker's remains a living monument to Detroit's musical history, a room where the sight lines and the sound are as close as jazz gets.
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Why this business cleared the bar.
This record was published by The Centurion Awards from the public record. Selection follows the published criteria; Baker's Keyboard Lounge met them on that evidence. The business can claim the listing or ask us to remove it.
- ✓Years in operation. Operating in Detroit since 1934 — 91 years of continuous business.
- ✓Sustained online presence. An established local institution with a consistent public footprint — listings, coverage, and word of mouth in Detroit.
- ✓Established customer track record. A deep public track record: Detroit has kept Baker's Keyboard Lounge busy for 91 years.
- ✓Liked by customers and the community. Genuinely beloved by Detroit regulars and visitors alike — a bona fide community favorite.
- ✓Recognition in the local community. Named best jazz club in Detroit for 2025 for hosting jazz continuously since 1934 in a room that heard Ella, Miles, and Nat King Cole.
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The details, verified.
- Legal / trading name
- Baker's Keyboard Lounge
- Category
- Music venue
- Founded
- 1934, Detroit, MI
- Location
- Detroit, MI
- Centurion Award
- Best Jazz Club in Detroit — 2025
- Record last verified
- July 2026
Frequently asked questions.
What is Baker's Keyboard Lounge?
Operating as a jazz venue since 1934, Baker's piano-shaped bar has hosted many of the greatest names in the genre's history.
Is Baker's Keyboard Lounge award-winning?
Yes — Baker's Keyboard Lounge is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Jazz Club in Detroit, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best jazz club in Detroit for 2025 for hosting jazz continuously since 1934 in a room that heard Ella, Miles, and Nat King Cole.
Where is Baker's Keyboard Lounge?
Baker's Keyboard Lounge is in Detroit, MI.
Every award, on the record.
Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. The verification above is from the latest published award. Open a year for that year’s citation.
2025 Centurion Award
Best Jazz Club in Detroit Detroit, MI · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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