Jazzorca, Jazz venue in Mexico City, Mexico

Jazzorca is a free jazz and experimental music venue in Mexico City, founded by multi-instrumentalist Germán Bringas. It began in July 1995 as Café Jazzorca, a forum that first booked traditional jazz, blues and folk before turning to experimentation. Recordings such as Nanahuatl were made there in December 2009.

The venue was started in 1994 by musician Germán Bringas and grew into both a performance space and recording location. An important album featuring local and international musicians was recorded there in 2009.

The name Jazzorca is not a reference to an orchid; it combines "jazz" with "orca," the Spanish word for killer whale. The venue opened in July 1995 and initially programmed traditional jazz, blues and folk before turning definitively to free jazz and experimental music. It also gave its name to Jazzorca Records, the label Germán Bringas founded, which released recordings such as Ser doble (1994) and Free Radical Jazz, recorded live at the café between 2005 and 2007.

Performances happen regularly throughout the week and you can reserve tickets in advance by contacting the venue directly. Checking ahead about upcoming shows helps you find the right evening and plan your visit.

Jazzorca Records, founded by Germán Bringas, released the live album Free Radical Jazz, recorded at Café Jazzorca between 2005 and 2007 with Remi Álvarez, Hernán Hecht, Darrell Zimmerman, Carlos Alegre, Germán Bringas, Itzam Cano and Gabriel Lauber. The 2015 compilation Free Jazz Women and Some Men features Chefa Alonso, Ana Ruiz and Adriana Camacho.