MUSIC INDUSTRY: In Tokyo, a Youtube Contest Brings out Secret Jazz Fanatics

Tokyo is a city filled with secret jazz fanatics. Theres always a chance that the non-descript, suited salaryman sitting next to you on that train has a room in his apartment thats packed to the ceiling with old Miles Davis and John Coltrane vinyl LPs. To cater to this demand, jazz clubs, coffee shops and bars are scattered across the city like dandelions. The Blue Note Tokyo jazz club, an offshoot of its New York City counterpart, is the reigning grande dame of the scene here...

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