Intro jazz club, located near Takadanobaba station in Tokyo, Japan (website, map).
“Smokin’, Drinkin’, Never Thinkin’” is the motto at Jazz Spot Intro, a classic for many years in the underground Tokyo jazz scene. This is the quintessential jazz bar for jazz musicians of all stripes to gather to jam together, hone their craft, and just have a good time surrounded by jazz music and history. It sometimes seems that all Japanese jazz musicians have woodshedded here at some point, or at least know about and honor this club.
Intro specializes in the jazz jam: jazz musicians of all abilities congregate here to meet, rehearse, and play standard jazz tunes together. This is a great place for touring musicians as well, who are referred to Jazz Spot Intro upon asking the familiar question “Where can I go for a jazz jam in Tokyo, tonight?”
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