The styles varied among the 18 bands at this year’s Jazz Walk, and each of the 12 venues lent its aura to the Nov. 20 performances.

Many among the Jazz Walk attendees stuck to venues along Ballard Avenue, where Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb reunited to play in front of a large and delighted crowd.

Further along down the street, bars and restaurants hardly had enough seats for acts like the McTuff Trio and the Brent Jensen Quartet.

For those not yet 21, the Jazz Walk had plenty of venues to offer. Egan’s Jam House hosted the talented Chad McCullough Group. And, at perhaps the oddest venue of all, visitors could lounge around on couches or recliners and enjoy music from Collier and Dean at Skarbos Furniture.

Click on the image above for a slideshow from the 2009 Jazz Walk.