A guide to Jazz bars, clubs, cafes and shops in the Tokyo and Yokohama city areas. Also home to the OK Jazz Podcast, playing World, Jazz, Soul and more, with info of events and gigs around town.
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Wa Meets Jazz 2018 – Sat. Oct. 13th
Saturday October 13th at Zojoji (Temple right next to Tokyo Tower) is this year's Wa Meets Jazz festival. Jazz and traditional Japanese culture come...
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OK Jazz Podcast #86
James Creole Thomas - 'Lead By No One', album Omas Sextet (Haiti/USA)
Manu Dibango - 'Manga Bongo', album Afro-Soul Machine (Cameroon/France)
The Sweet Inspirations - ‘Slipped...
OK Jazz Podcast #85
Tenderlonious - 'Expansions', album The Shakedown, featuring the 22archestra (UK)
Thabang Tabane - 'Richard', album Matjale (South Africa)
Robert Svard - 'Alquimia', album Alquimia (Sweden/Spain)
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OK Jazz Episode #84 – Interview with Baye McNeil
Special episode of the podcast, where I sat down and had a long chat with educator, activist and fellow Brooklynite in Japan, Baye McNeil....
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LATEST JAZZ SPOTS
3-15-12 Shinjuku
03-3354-777603-3354-7776
The 'New Dug' in Shinjuku is a cafe/bar with a complex back story. It was the annex bar to the...
3 Chome−22, Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku
Jazz Room Stick is a great old jazz joint in the heart of Shinjuku, located almost directly be...
Minami Karasuyama 5-17-13 3F, Setagaya-Ku
03-3309-146003-3309-1460
Ragtime is the ideal jazz cafe in many ways. It's a small place up on the 3rd floor of a rustic b...
41-23 Udagawa-Cho, Shibuya-Ku 150-0044
03-5458-418503-5458-4185
Bar Bossa in Shibuya is a quiet gem of a place, perfect for bossa nova fans and/or couples lookin...