The crowd at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
(Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center) I recently dropped by Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center to talk with the sound engineer, and by chance met Sam Berkow, the club's sound designer. Berkow had one key advantage going into the project that most designers don't: the club was planned before construction started on the Time Warner Center in New York. Berkow was quick to point out he had one major hurdle to jump over, in that there would be a huge glass window behind the stage to give patrons a spectacular view of Central Park. The window would be a massive acoustic reflector, which can add an unpleasant hardness to the sound. Berkow worked with Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis and architect Rafael Vinoly to get things right. Dizzy's is a beautiful and extremely comfortable place to enjoy jazz. The intimate venue seats 220 people.
Berkow used a substantial amount of sound absorbing and dispersing material to tame the club's acoustics, but you can't see any of it. It's hidden above an acoustically transparent fabric-covered ceiling. The club's curved walls also disperse sound, and the JBL speakers over the stage are precisely angled to provide uniform sound coverage throughout the 2,300-square-foot s... [Read more]
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