You enter U Maleho Glena (Little Glen) via a central corridor, off to the right a packed bar. In front of you is the entrance to what must be one of Pragues smallest clubs. You descent the stairs and there is a little bar area before you enter the musicians lair. We found the entrance fee a little steeper than we were expecting at around 200Kc or £5. Expensive considering you can buy a 1/2 litre of beer for 35Kc or about 90p, in other bars you can find beer for around 50p but I digress. The club really is tiny, when we were there there were around 15-20 people and this was comfortably full, many more would have been quite uncomfortable.
The small cellar club features live music every night - jazz, bebop, swing and blues. The night we went there a leading Czech jazz trio called the Robert Balzar Trio were playing. The music was excellent and carried on long into the night. We especially enjoyed it when they invited a jazz pianist up on stage. The one criticism of U Maleho Glena would be that behind the musicians is a large soft-core pornographic image of a nineteenth century woman. However, you will probably be enjoying the music and atmosphere so much you will not notice it.
One touch I rather liked were little signs on the table asking people to let the waitresses know if people on other tables are too noisy. We didnt have a problem with this at all, probably due to the notice reminding them to be quiet.
The eponymous 'Little Glen' is Glenn Spicker, the American who apparently introduced bagels to Prague, and the person who opened this popular ex-pat hangout and jazz haunt in April 1995. Despite its very intimate dimensions, yellow faux-aged walls and dim lighting, this little place has become known as one of the best jazz clubs in Prague and is well worth a visit.
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