Set & Session: Alden Hellmuth

Close Up Jazz — A relaxed, artist-driven jazz club and bar on NYC's Lower East Side, known for intimate live jazz performances six nights a week with exceptional acoustics and immersive proximity to young musicians, Venezuelan-inspired cuisine, craft cocktails, and a fresh, red-hued, community vibe that's approachable and less stuffy for 20-somethings.

A session music act from Senegal, known for Youssou N'Dour’s 1990 album *Set* and its mbalax-inflected track “Sinebar.”