Get intoxicated with hot and cool! DOLPHY's second venue opens in Bashamichi, Yokohama!

Immerse yourself in jazz tonight
File.7 DOLPHY 2nd Bashamichi
Mayuko Niimura (Jazz Cafe Chigusa)

JAZZ SPOT DOLPHY, which hosts the Chigusa Award selection live every year, opened in Honmoku in 1980. It then moved to Noge in 1990 to expand the venue for jazz live shows. Talented jazz musicians from Japan and abroad perform live every night, making nights spent in Noge even more enjoyable.
When you think of the owner of a long-established jazz club, you might imagine it's nerve-wracking to even talk to him, but the owner, Tsunehiko Komuro (who everyone calls Tsune-san), is a friendly and cheerful person. Even when I make a joke, he laughs and listens. I think it's his generosity that makes him so beloved by so many musicians. He sometimes drops by Chigusa for a coffee, and it's a relief to see Tsune-san there.
He had been thinking about opening a venue in Kannai with the desire to provide more venues for musicians to perform, and this April he opened Dolphy 2nd in Bashamichi.
The opening party was attended by not only regulars but also jazz musicians who had finished work to celebrate, and the session with this impressive lineup continued until late into the night. The interplay of sounds in the unprepared improvisation was both entertaining and wonderful, and I think it was a great opening that really showed the respect for Dolphy.
Above all, I'll never forget the happy faces of the musicians.
It's located on the fourth floor of a multi-tenant building. It seems that the space was originally a pub. They've made some changes, such as adding a stage and turning on the lights, but the interior remains the same as it was before. Despite the new era, the atmosphere inside the bar still has a Showa-era feel to it, which is somehow relaxing. Musicians say that the sound is better than at Dolphy in Noge.
They plan to actively include acoustic and vocal live performances, and will eventually hire a chef to serve authentic cuisine, so there's no doubt this will become a new attraction in Yokohama.
There are many jazz clubs around Kannai, but the musicians rarely clash. It is only at Dolphy that the top musicians gather and captivate the audience.

—It's no wonder you've been doing it for so long.

Tsune speaks with a bit of hesitation, but it's his passion for jazz, which he has been running in Noge for nearly 30 years as a venue that "provides more opportunities for musicians to make a living," and his desire to "encourage young musicians to become more successful," that likely pushed him to open a second venue.

—You need to increase your own income as well.

The man himself just laughed.

It's also close to Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line and the north exit of Kannai Station on the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line, so you can easily catch the last train even after getting drunk on alcohol and jazz. We're looking forward to seeing what new developments will come up at this venue, which is a little different from Dollfie Noge.

For more information, please visit DOLPHY 2nd's Facebook page .