Episode 23: Hear about the 'human cost' of the project...this is the first of a trilogy as we venture north to meet 'The Don' who presides over THE Mecca of Japanese jazz joints. We see a different side to Fukushima before hitting Sendai to experience Count, Kelly and Kabo, and finish up in the middle of nowhere in the back of a taxi (again) to uncover the incredible Ray Brown.

Thanks as always to Brian of groovesahead.com for audio assistance and Louie Lastic for our theme music.

Heading North to Meet The Don Pt2

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.