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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Tokyo Jazz Joints Photo Book!
The book is now here! Available to purchase in Japan via Kinokuniya online, overseas you can order it directly from the publisher Kehrer Verlag...
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OK Jazz Episode #165
Takeshi Terauchi - ‘Abashiri Bangaichi’ - album Eleki Bushi 1966-1974 (USA)
Les Abranis - ‘Chenar La Blues’, album Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973 - 1983 (Algeria)
Erkin...
OK Jazz Episode #164
Gerry Mulligan - ‘One To Ten In Ohio’, album The Age Of Steam (USA)
Afro-Andean Funk - ‘Wake Up’, album Flower On Fire (Peru/USA)
Daniel Villareal...
OK Jazz Episode #163
Cecilia Smith - ‘Sketch 1-Truth Be Told’, album MLW Resurgence Project (USA)
Tony Allen, Adrian Younge - ‘Oladipo’, album Jazz Is Dead 018 (USA/Nigeria)
Domenico Lancellotti...
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LATEST JAZZ SPOTS
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...
2 Chome-43-2 Sendagi, Bunkyo City, Tokyo
‘Modern Jazz’ Players Bar R started in June 2022 in the existing Players Bar R, with ...
