Top Ten Countdown #2: Expression...Transition...Ascension.
26/04/2026 | 34 mins.
This week we are in lockstep, as we enter the truest temple of jazz.
Top Ten Countdown #3: A Long Way to Go Out To (Curry) Lunch
19/04/2026 | 38 mins.
Two joints very far away from each other on the map, but very close in passion, dedication and sheer wonder. The countdown continues with our Number 3 picks!
Top Ten Countdown #4: Daytime Drinking
12/04/2026 | 35 mins.
Try turning it off and turn it on again... Two old skool Kyushu and Shikoku joints that just will. not. lie down. secure the Number 4 spot as our countdown continues!
Top Ten Countdown #5: Count Yourself Lucky Ray
05/04/2026 | 37 mins.
Legends duking it out as we keep it in the jazz family with two unparalleled northern joints.
Top Ten Countdown #6: It's Always Sonny in Kyushu
29/03/2026 | 34 mins.
Two saxophone colossi dominate this episode as we hit a couple of epic Kyushu joints.
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.