“Japanese-influenced listening bars” may be the latest, greatest trend in US bar culture, but their high-end sound systems and even more highfalutin aesthetic draw from a much more humble practice: ...

Opened in 1988, the Blue Note Tokyo nightclub has a long-established history of providing top-tier jazz performances and holds a special place in the veins of many renown jazz artists. Walking into ...

This month Eric Pye toured 6 Jazz Kissas across Tokyo, Japan. Find out what they’re all about. When I visit Japan I have two main goals, besides visiting with friends and family. I lived here for over ...

Tokyo is a city filled with secret jazz fanatics. There's always a chance that the non-descript, suited salaryman sitting next to you on that train has a room in his apartment thats packed to the ...

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. I owe my love of jazz to the time I spent in Japan in the mid-1960s when I was working as a writer in the public information office of the American ...