Saw these guys on the street the other day in front of Shinjuku station, can't wait to catch one of their gigs!

Wise words from the soon to be 77 years old Misho-san, owner Jazz Pub Michaux.

This may be hard to find in the shops now but it's worth looking for. The title track was written to celebrate the birth of Zimbabwe and is one of the more beautiful tracks Ibrahim ever recorded.

First the bad news..my iPod has a cracked screen, so I can't do anything but press play and hope that it's not the 2-hour podcast on the banking crisis I mistakenly downloaded..

Well, not exactly Ornette-style revolution, but you'll notice some changes round here recently.

Ayuri, one of the staff at "Haikara Tei" in Shinjuku sent me the following. I look forwrad to the new place and will get a new profile and web address up as soon I can.
Mr.OK Jazz

Peter Brotzmann (saxes), Yagi Michiyo (koto) and Honda Tamaya (drums). Live at Aketa no Mise, Nishi-Ogikubo, Sunday Dec. 13th, 2009.

Digital camera problems so only have this crappy photo left from an awesome gig. It was a shock to see the guys in Yume-Goto ("Dreamlike") play at Tokyo Main Dining in Shibuya.

http://www.jazz-nagaya.com/jazzfes.html
Info all in Japanese but worth checking out. This is a really fun weekend if you dig New Orleans trad jazz.

This is outside the front window of the Eigakan jazz cafe. Monk would have approved.