coffee no cigarettes: jazz in cafés of Tokyo - TAPE Spiritual Poetry Connie Thelander

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coffee no cigarettes: jazz in cafés of Tokyo - TAPE Spiritual Poetry Connie ThelanderA collage of jazz recordings from Tokyos cafs. Some were intimate, independent hideaways; others, bustling franchises; and a few, jazz 'kissa'cafs dedicated to playing jazz on deluxe hi fi systems. I started this journey thinking jazz would be a very niche pursuit in the streets of Tokyo, but it wasnt long before I began to find it in abundance. I had set out looking for it but came to feel that jazz was the one pursuing me, pleasantly surprised even