Founded in 1988, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis tours the world performing a vast ...
“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: ...
Through their Tokyo Jazz Joints podcast and book, Philip Arneill and James Catchpole aim to spotlight, honor and preserve Japan’s storied jazz kissa culture. Now, Catchpole is undertaking his most ...
Jazz kissa rose to prominence in the 1960s and 70s in Japan, as music aficionados flocked to listen to the latest Thelonious Monk or John Coltrane in a comfortable setting Now listening bars are ...