coffee no cigarettes: jazz in cafés of Tokyo - TAPE Kreislauf des Lebendigen Since 2017 it is co-published

Since 2017 it is co-published by uh books and KW Institute for Contemporary Art

and frontline reportage

Akihiro Kumagaya

where he was acting deputy editor for a year

Mameshiba i Soufflé

coffee no cigarettes: jazz in cafés of Tokyo - TAPE Kreislauf des Lebendigen Since 2017 it is co-publishedA collage of jazz recordings from Tokyos cafs. Some were intimate, independent hideaways; others, bustling franchises; and a few, jazz 'kissa'cafs dedicated to playing jazz on deluxe hi fi systems. I started this journey thinking jazz would be a very niche pursuit in the streets of Tokyo, but it wasnt long before I began to find it in abundance. I had set out looking for it but came to feel that jazz was the one pursuing me, pleasantly surprised even