Enjoy jazz at the New Year's JAZZ BAR in Kanagawa
Tips for beginners to jazz bars
Don't worry if you're a beginner and think that jazz bars are too intimidating. Nowadays, if you search online, you'll find many websites with advice for beginners to jazz bars, so you can easily get the information you need.
For example, information about the pricing system (MC (music charge) and TC (table charge)), what to wear, what time to go, where to sit, etc.
Jazz has a wide variety of styles, from calm to up-tempo. It's one thing to learn the standards, but it's also good to choose something you like. It's also good to watch live jazz performances on YouTube for reference. If you find a performer you like, you can check out their blog.
The more you learn about it, the more you'll be captivated by its charm and want to hear the real thing. After all, nothing beats a live performance! Be sure to visit a jazz bar.
Yokohama area
Windjammer - Countdown LIVE -
| Date and Time: | December 31 (Sat) 19:00 start |
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| Cast: | Akira Imada (P), Hironobu Kayama (B), Hiroyuki Nakaya (Ds), Toru Minagawa (Sax) |
| Fee: | MC￥600 +TC +foods&drinks |
| address | 215 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan Toraku Building 1F and 2F |
| access: | Approximately 7 minutes walk from Ishikawacho Station on the JR Negishi Line About 15 minutes walk from Kannai Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line 10 minutes walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Minatomirai Line |
| TEL: | 045-662-3966 |
BARBARBAR - Seiichi Nakamura Special Quartet presents a year-end live show!
| Date and Time: | Wednesday, December 28th 19:30 start |
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| Cast: | Seiichi Nakamura (Sax), CJKim (Gt), Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Bs), Takayuki Koizumi (Ds) |
| Fee: | MC￥2,500 +TC￥500 |
| address | Yokohama City Naka Ward Aioicho 1-25 Wakaba Transportation Building 1st and 2nd floor |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from JR Kannai Station About 5 minutes walk from Nihon Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line |
| TEL: | 045-662-0493 |
Jazz is - Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kunimitsu Inaba, and Toshio Osumi LIVE –
| Date and Time: | December 28th (Wednesday) 19:00 open / 20:00 start |
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| Cast: | Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (P), Kunimitsu Inaba (B), Hisao Osumi (D) |
| Fee: | MC ¥1,000～ *¥1,000 (Enter fee) |
| address | Yokohama City, Naka Ward, Aioicho 1-6 Takasaka Building 1F |
| access: | About 4 minutes walk from Kannai Station on the Municipal Subway Blue Line Approximately 3 minutes walk from Nihon Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line |
| TEL: | 045-711-6025(Daytime) 045-681-5415 (night) |
Kamimachi 63 - Ryosuke Hashizume, Taihei Asakawa, Keisuke Furuki LIVE –
| Date and Time: | December 27th (Tuesday) 19:30 open |
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| Cast: | Ryosuke Hashizume (Ts), Taihei Asakawa (Pf), Keisuke Furuki (B) |
| Fee: | MC: ¥3,000 (tax not included) *1 drink order required / Students: ¥2,500 (tax not included) *1 drink included, student ID required |
| address | Trust One Building B1F, 5-95 Aioicho, Naka-ku, Yokohama |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line Approximately 5 minutes walk from JR Kannai Station or Sakuragicho Station |
| TEL: | 045-662-7322 |
KAMOME live matters - KALTA New Year Special Session! –
| Date and Time: | January 7th (Sat) 19:00 start |
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| Cast: | Hidenori Otsuki "KALTA" (Ds), Ken Ota (As), Keiji Matsumoto (P), Mitsuru Sudo (B), Members to be determined (G) |
| Fee: | MC￥3,500 |
| address | 6-76 Sumiyoshicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama City |
| access: | About 3 minutes walk from Kannai Station on the Municipal Subway Blue Line About 5 minutes walk from Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line About 5 minutes walk from JR Kannai Station |
| TEL: | 045-662-5357 |
Jazz Spot ADLIB - Naotaka Kusunoki, Yutaka Kaido, Shinichiro Kamoto LIVE –
| Date and Time: | Friday, December 30th 19:30 start |
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| Cast: | Naotaka Kusunoki (P), Yutaka Kaido (b), Shinichiro Yoshimoto (ds) |
| Fee: | MC ¥2,000 (excluding tax) |
| address | 2F, 3-9 Yoshida-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama |
| access: | About 3 minutes walk from JR Kannai Station |
| TEL: | 045-262-8111 |
Motion Blue YOKOHAMA – New Year's Party 2017 –
| Date and Time: | January 2nd (Mon) and 3rd (Tue), 2017, open 15:00 / start 16:00 |
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| Cast: | Kunikazu Tanaka (Sax), Kaori Takeda (Vo), Saigenji (Vo,G), Masato Suzuki (B), Tsutomu Kurihara (Ds) |
| Fee: | MC unreserved seating: ¥4,000 (tax included), box seating: ¥16,000 + seat charge: ¥4,000 (up to 4 people) *Box seats can only be reserved online. |
| address | Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 2, 3F, 1-1-2 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama |
| access: | Approximately 6 minutes walk from Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line Approximately 6 minutes walk from Nihon Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line |
| TEL: | 045-226-1919 |
Jazz Club FAROUT – New Year Jam –
| Date and Time: | January 9, 2017 (Monday holiday) 13:00 start |
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| Cast: | Eiji Taniguchi (Cl), Rikuo Murao (Pf, Vo) |
| Fee: | MC￥2,500 |
| address | TS Building 2F, 51-2 Nishidori, Fukutomi-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from Hinodecho Station on the Keikyu Main Line About 10 minutes walk from JR Kannai Station |
| TEL: | 045-261-5635 |
YOKOHAMA JAZZ FIRST – Year-end Session –
| Date and Time: | December 30th (Friday) 19:00 start |
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| Cast: | Takashi Gochu (Guest, Ba), Kazuya Akiyama (MC & Gt) |
| Fee: | MC: ¥1600 (participant) ¥500 (listener) |
| address | 9-140 Chojamachi, Naka Ward, Yokohama City |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from Hinodecho Station on the Keikyu Main Line |
| TEL: | 045-251-2943 |
JAZZ SPOT DOLPHY - Fumio Itabashi New Year Special 3DAYS -
Yuki Kaneko & Yui Special Night
| Date and Time: | Tuesday, January 3, 2017 18:30open / 19:30start |
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| Cast: | Yuki Kaneko (Vo), Yui [Kayoko Machida (Shamisen), Mitsunori Koyama (Shamisen), Shigemi Fujisawa (Taiko)], Masayo Kokatsu (As), Ryuichi Yoshida (Bs), Atsushi Goto (Tb), Daisuke Takaoka (Tuba), Fumio Itabashi (Pf), Takashi Seo (B), Ittetsu Takemura (Ds) |
| Fee: | MC Advance ticket: 3,500 yen / Same day ticket: 3,800 yen (no changeover) |
Kimiko Ito + Fumio Itabashi FIT! Special Night
| Date and Time: | Wednesday, January 4, 2017 18:30open / 19:30start |
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| Cast: | Kimiko Ito (Vo), Fumio Itabashi (Pf), Takashi Seo (B), Ittetsu Takemura (Ds) |
| Fee: | MC Advance ticket: 4,000 yen / Same day ticket: 4,500 yen (no changeover) |
Fumio Itabashi Special Orchestra
| Date and Time: | Thursday, January 5, 2017 18:30open / 19:30start |
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| Cast: | Eiichi Hayashi (As), Masayo Kokatsu (As), Hiroaki Katayama (Ts), Ryuichi Yoshida (Bs), Jozo Yamada (Tp), Atsushi Goto (Tb), Daisuke Takaoka (Tuba), Fumio Itabashi (Pf), Takashi Seo (B), Ittetsu Takemura (Ds), Leona (tap) |
| Fee: | MC Advance ticket: 4,000 yen / Same day ticket: 4,500 yen (no changeover) |
| address | 2-17-4 Miyagawacho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, First Nishimura Building 2F |
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| access: | 6 minutes walk from Sakuragicho Station 3 minutes walk from Hinodecho Station on the Keikyu Main Line |
| TEL: | 045-261-4542 |
CASK – Yuko Ohashi Trio with Suiri LIVE –
| Date and Time: | December 28th (Wednesday) 19:30 open |
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| Cast: | Yuko Ohashi (P), Terumasa Nishikawa (B), Nobuyoshi Takahashi (Dr), Suiri (Vo) |
| Fee: | MC ￥2,500 ＋TC ￥500 |
| address | Yokohama City Asahi Ward Nakakibougaoka 101 Yorimizu Building 102 |
| access: | About 1 minute walk from Kibougaoka Station on the Sotetsu Line |
| TEL: | 045-442-3636 |
Yokosuka, Shonan, and central Kanagawa area
Blue in Green – Toru Takagi Quintet LIVE –
| Date and Time: | Saturday, January 7, 2017 20:00 start |
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| Cast: | Toru Takagi (Ts) Daigo Asano (Gt) Rie Sato (P) Tomohiro Takeshita (B) Taiji Sakai (Dr) |
| Fee: | Tip＋Order |
| address | 2nd floor, Otaki Meiten Building, 1-17 Otaki-cho, Yokosuka City |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from Yokosuka Chuo Station on the Keikyu Main Line |
| TEL: | 046-826-3147 |
jazzlive&bar Chigasaki-marry – Tsubo☆Hisa Duo LIVE –
| Date and Time: | December 29th (Thurs) 19:00 open / 19:30 start |
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| Cast: | Tsubo-ken (Sax), Hidenao Sasaki (Gt) |
| Fee: | MC ¥2,500 (1 drink not included) |
| address | 2-1-16 Kyokei, Chigasaki City |
| access: | Approximately 7 minutes walk from JR Chigasaki Station |
| TEL: | 0467-84-1315 |
Stray Blue Jazz Club - Sunday Jam Session -
| Date and Time: | Sunday, January 8, 2017 13:00 start |
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| Cast: | Mizuki Maruoka (P), Mitsuru Furuya (B) |
| Fee: | MC ¥2,200 (2 drinks included) |
| address | Sagamihara City Chuo Ward Sagamihara 1-2-5 Kogetsudo Building 202 |
| access: | About 5 minutes walk from Sagamihara Station on the JR Yokohama Line |
| TEL: | 042-705-9809 (Reservations accepted: 18:00-3:00) |
Enjoy more jazz in 2017
Kanagawa is a city where jazz is familiar, including Yokohama and Yokosuka. There are jazz bars all over the prefecture, and many jazz festivals are held every year.
In 2016, events such as Yokohama JAZZ PROMENADE, Yokosuka Tomodachi Jazz, and Kawasaki Jazz were held, allowing people to experience jazz casually. When will the jazz festival be held in 2017? I can't wait.
Jazz that touches your heart - enjoy its indescribably soothing sounds in 2017 as well.
