TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Feb 02 2025 80 ep. 46 mins 42
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An Irishman and American walk into a bar...Two obsessed foreigners share the stories behind their pseudo-religious pilgrimage around the unique beauty of Japan's hidden world of jazz bars and coffee houses, documented on www.tokyojazzjoints.com and in the Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook published in 2023.

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Now That's What I Call Episode 78!

Feb 02 2025 52 mins  
It's May 2024, and after an Onomichi underwater detour, we find ourselves in nighttime Hiroshima, where Mother Teresa and Charles Mingus meet in perfect harmony.

Sitting Men, Live from Standing Man

Jan 19 2025 53 mins  
Taking professionalism to new heights, this week we are live (and barely audible) from the incredible Pithecanthropus Erectus, birthplace of the Tokyo Jazz Joints project, the joint featured on the slipcase cover of the Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook, and our spiritual home. Even we don't know what we talked about...

NKOTB

Jan 05 2025 57 mins  
We ring in the new year with some new kids on the Tokyo jazz kissa block, and a fair bit of coughing. Thanks as ever to Brian for audio assistance.

Special 'K's

Dec 20 2024 57 mins  
All the Ks (and a 'P') as Philip wraps up the last day in Tohoku alone and finally (!) heads home to Tokyo as a special guest makes hi presence felt.

The Butchers at the End of the World

Dec 04 2024 53 mins  
Planes, trains and taxis assist Philip's epic 1,500km odyssey to check out the incredible Elvin to see if James was overstating how incredible it really is. Thanks as ever to Brian for assistance with sound.

Miyazaki Mission Possible Pt.2

Sep 28 2024 40 mins  
A mixed bag in Miyazaki with windswept Sonny Rollins photos to die for and a rather melancholic end to the visit, before Philip sets off on an epic one day journey north. Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for his assistance with sound.

Miyazaki: Mission Possible Pt.1

Sep 15 2024 58 mins  
The band breaks up to pursue solo careers, as James heads home with a man and and a squid, and Philip takes off across Kyushu in a search of four more highly-rated joints. Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for his assistance with sound.

Going Bananas in a Mellow Tone

Sep 01 2024 66 mins  
We go bananas before a bowl of lemon (yes, lemon) ramen and making it at last to two deeply different old school joints in Nagasaki. Some top Japan travel hacks, and James finally reveals at last that he's a 'two t-shirt a day' man. Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for assistance with sound.

The Hard Sell at Harmony

Aug 18 2024 58 mins  
We take a fast boat ride across the bay as we head for Nagasaki and Philip mistakenly masquerades as Japan's greatest living photographer. Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for his assistance with sound

Shitamachi Britney Spears & Japanese Keith Richards

Aug 04 2024 64 mins  
James continues to alienate local tourist boards as we suffer further frustration in Saga, and finish the night with an utterly surreal stop in US Navy-town Sasebo. Not every day can be better than yesterday! Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for assistance with sound.