TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Sitting Men, Live from Standing Man

TOKYO JAZZ JOINTS

Show Notes

Taking professionalism to new heights, this week we are live (and barely audible) from the incredible Pithecanthropus Erectus, birthplace of the Tokyo Jazz Joints project, the joint featured on the slipcase cover of the Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook, and our spiritual home. Even we don't know what we talked about...

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