text: I want to talk about James Street as a Jazz and dance venue I went to hear their Charles Mingus Festival this past weekend and was amazed by the musicianship and quality of the sound This is a great club to hear live Jazz they have marvelous musicians and a good stage I have also been upstairs to dance to live music and that is a lot of fun The stage upstairs is very narrow but somehow the musicians get it to work The dance floor is excellent this is the best club in town for swing dancing The staff works really hard even when the club is packed with people