Asia Jazz Clubs

VIETNAM Jazz Clubs

HANOI

BLAKE's House Of Jazz.  64 P. Nguyễn Hữu Huân, Hàng Bạc Tel: 083.764.6666 

Binh Minh's Jazz Club .No.1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District Tel: 84-4-3933 6555 {Quyen Van Minh, originator and maestro of Vietnamese Jazz, first encountered jazz on the American radio and BBC some 30 years ago and fell in love with the music immediately. Since then, he learned jazz saxophone on his own and became the first jazz/sax instructor at the Hanoi Conservatory. There he teaches young musicians to develop their own style of jazz unique to Vietnam. Minh felt the need to create his own style as a Vietnamese saxophonist and composer and started experimenting mixing traditional Vietnamese themes with jazz. This was over 10 years ago. Since then, he played with an ordinary jazz combo an original style of jazz which is close to the Vietnamese heart and exotic as well as familiar to foreign listeners. Now he performs nearly every night at his Jazz club with his students who are to become the next generation ]

 Long Waits Jazz.  5 Nguyen Quang Bich, Hoan Kiem Tel: +84 81 898 1156

 HO CHI MINH CITY

CỘI .   77-79 Lý Tự Trọng. Quận 1.  Tel:  +84 35 516 4332

Legato. 126 Pham Viet Chanh P.19, Q.Binh Thanh.   Tel: +84 70 731 5866

HUE

Be Cafe. 33 Nguyễn Như Chương, Phú Thượng

THAILAND Jazz Clubs

BANGKOK

Bamboo Bar. The Oriental Hotel, 48 Oriental Avenue. Tel: 2360400, 2360420 

Bluebird Jazz Bar. 355/3 Soi Sukhumvit 55, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana. Tel: +66 89 777 9248. 

Brown Sugar. 469 Phrasumen road, Bawornniwes, Near Wanchat Bridge, Near Khaosan, Phranakorn, Bangkok Tel: +66 89 499 1378 [A fabled jazz gig that's known around the world in the music business. In need of a little care and attention but serves up excellent jazz music from some fine musicians. Lito Jazz Band and Mefar Big Band are the current residents, with guest bands rotated weekly. The late nightly jazz session, beginning at around 11.00pm]

Foojohn Jazz Club. 831 Charoen krung 31, Bangkok, Thailand, Bangkok Tel: +66 98 664 9826

Smalls Bar & Live Music. 186/3 Suan phlu Soi 1, Bangkok,   Tel: +66 89 666 5429

The Living Room. Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, 250 Sukhumvit Road, Klong Toey. Tel: +66 2649 8888 Fax: +66 2649 8000 [contact: Ms. Katerak Kongtavil (Kate). Set in a relaxed atmosphere, located on the first floor, every night featuring world class Jazz musician. By day, the place to meet, serving hot or cold beverages and snacks. At cocktail hour, it is the hotel's most comfortable lounge.]
 

Niu's on Silom Jazz Blues Bar and Restaurant. Tel: 0-2266-5333-4. Fax: 0-2266-5335.

CHIANG MAI

The Mellowship Jazz Club.  7/9 Moo 1, Chiang Mai, Tel: +66 53 908 888 

The North Gate Jazz Co-Op.  95/1-2 Sri Phum Rd., Chiang Mai,

TAIWAN Jazz Clubs

TAIPEI

Blue Note. 4F, 171 Roosevelt Road, Section 3 Taipei. Tel: (+886 2) 2362 2333 [Established in 1974 by Tsai Hui-yang ,this Blue Note is older than Blue Note in NY or Tokyo. Tsai likes Blue Note records in '50s & '60s,so he named it. Now in Taipei, Blue Note is almost only place where you can listen to pure jazz played by Taiwanese musicians. They play standards and bebop tunes. Some young musians studied jazz in the US and came back to Taiwan. Show time is from 9:30pm to 12.]

Sappho Live Jazz. No. 500, Linsen N Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei City. Tel: +886 2 2581 9874 [Sappho Live is a cool, friendly, laid back music venue with the finest in jazz/blues/world music and all night jam sessions]