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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OK Jazz Episode #172
Quincy Jones - ‘Theme From Sanford & Son’ (The Streetbeater)’, album You Got It Bad Girl (USA)
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loka- ‘O Casamento’, album...
OK Jazz Episode #171
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LATEST JAZZ SPOTS
3-11-12 2F, Shinjuku
CLOSED Fall 2014. Ten years after closing, and I still miss Jazz Pub Michaux and all those nights...
1-14 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku
03-3267-842303-3267-8423
UPDATE: Found out just yesterday that the lovely Matsuura-san passed away just about two years ag...
1-11-17 Higashinakanobu, Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan
03-3785-487703-3785-4877
Jazz Snack Matsu sadly closed suddenly due to the neighborhood being torn down for re-development...
1-chōme-3-16 Minamiyukigaya, Ota City, Tokyo 145-0066
03-6421-819303-6421-8193
Slow Boat is a beautiful neighborhood jazz cafe opened only in 2019, on the first floor of an oth...