Cinco Ways to Celebrate the Derby

Over the last decade, Houston has grown in population and reputation, paving the way for several new hotels to open their doors — many in Downtown, and just a few elsewhere. Now, Montrose is about to check in to a new era, thanks to Goodnight Hospitality. Master Sommelier David Keck’s development group has announced plans to open the nine-room Montrose Hotel at 2509 Dunlavy, a stone’s throw from its other businesses including Goodnight Charlie’s honky-tonk, Biscuit home-décor shop, and several other forthcoming projects.

If there is a genre of music that benefits from the intimacy and sound of a small room, it’s jazz — especially the straight-ahead, yet wholly contemporary, acoustic style of the music played every weekend at Houston’s longest-running jazz club, Cezanne. Located at 4100 Montrose Blvd., above The Black Labrador Pub, the 55-seat room has been recognized by DownBeat magazine as one of the world’s great jazz venues, and continues to draw both seasoned and novice listeners hungry for an environment where all of the sophistication, subtlety and soul of this music can be experienced.