Honolulu, Hawaii

 

 

 

Just voted Best Live Jazz in Hawaii, a Reader's Pick in the Best of Honolulu Magazine 2008

 

Honolulu's One and Only  

 "Jazzminds"

 

Now... No Cover before 9 p.m.!, Really!

  

 

Family Dinner , Friday May 23, true jazz funk                

 

                         

 

"Honolulu's only

 Jazz Club" dedicated  to jazz with live jazz six nights a week, closed Sunday

Food, Beverage and Music

1661 Kapiolani Boulevard

  Just west of Atkinson      

  945-0800

  * Check for surprise artists

Private parties, catering

 

The best jazz in Hawaii

 

 

 

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"When you see a jazz musician, you're looking at a pioneer, you're looking at an explorer, you're looking at an experiment, you're looking at a scientist, you're looking at all of these things because it's the creative process incarnate!"

 

-Albert Murray
 

Restaurant workers click here!

 

There's always an extensive food menu.  Great pupus or a late dinner!

 

              Toyz of Pleasure & JT Harker

 

 

 

 

   Funk... groove...

 

 

 

 

 

               

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

                            Paisley

Check out the great story and listen to some tunes in the Advertiser's TGIF April 13, 2007 on Paisley and the Tempo Valley gang

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May Schedule 

Jazz Minds Art & Café    

 

Mondays, May 5,12,19,26 - 16th Avenue Quartet and Open Session, Featuring Freddie P. on piano, Jeremy Hudson on Drums, Sefatuai on guitar, vocals, Masha on trumpet, Also Special guest singers, poets and musicians.  Stop by and join in!   9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Tuesday, May 6 – Soulwind with Freddy Jones, Latin, Blues and R&B Jazz Classics, Full Improvisational Ensemble with Piano, Sax, Harmonica, Vocals, Bass, Drums and Percussion, ***First Tuesday of Every Month***, Come check out these great musicians!  Happy Hour Drink Specials!  NO COVER CHARGE!  6:00-8:30 p.m.  Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Tuesday, May 6,13,20,27 - Original Jazz with The Gilbert Batangan Quartet with Mark Tanouye on bass & Justin James on drums, Dustin on sax, New featured vocalists every week!  9 p.m.- 2 a.m, Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Wednesdays, May 7,14,21,28 -The Deadbeat Revival with Harumi the Hymn on Vocals, Ethan on Keys, Brad on Bass, Micah on drums, Featured Spoken Word by 2Easy, Hip Hop and Groove Jazz, New Special Vocalists Every Week, Bring your Freestyle!  9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800 

   

Thursdays, May 1,8,15,22,29 – Miki’s Mayhem featuring DJ Miki Mixtup spinning Acid Jazz, Deep House and Breaks, Catalina Tiamson on Vocals, Randy Wheeler on a plethora of saxophones, Glen Collen on Percussion and drums, special guest singer, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800 

 

Fridays, May 2,16,30 - Improvisational Hip-Hop Jazz, Dis-N-Dat TV presents Justice Moon and Dorian Wright on vocals with full band, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Cafe, 945-0800

 

Friday, May 9 – Rudy Boy Entertainment presents Ain’t Nam Nutta Do It Like Me Fridays, hip hop jazz, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Friday, May 23 – Family Dinner, hip hop jazz with Reggie Padilla, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

   

Saturday, May 3, R&B, Funk and Global Jazz with Golden Child Entertainment, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café 9450800

 

Saturday May 10, Guidance, reggae jazz, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Jazz Minds Art & Café, 9450800

 

Saturday, May 17,31 – Ion Z, reggae jazz with Jamaican vocals, live full band, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café 9450800

 

Saturday, May 24, The Promosapiens presents The ThrowDown: a celebration of life thru music, Tempo Valley w/Paisley and Seph1, David Mergens, Ted D Olivera, Selah, DJ Fame and DJ Azia3000, special guest appearances with spoken word poets and MCs,$7, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

We invite non-profits, fundraisers, private-parties and wine tasting on Sundays! (Call for reservation)

 

 

 

What is jazz?

 

The mystery.....of mistakes, freedom, communication, expression and creativity!

 

 

 

Danny Kim of Lost with Young and Danny

 

 

 

        Surprise guest, Sinbad

 

 

 

 

 

                 Amber Ricci

                   

Jason Scott Lee w/ Young Yi and Nancy Do

     

 

  

                   Rich Crandall

 

        Tommy Lohmann and Lily Leung

 

Cheryl Bartlett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eugene the Track-Master

 

 

 

 

Rie Furuse Star Bulletin story here

 

 

 

         Dead Beat Pianist, Wednesdays

 

 

Tetsuya Tatsumi

 

              

Gilbert Batangan, Tuesdays

 

      Da bass man... Jeremy Ward

 

 

 

 

Honolulu Jazz Quartet

 

         Toyz of Pleasure

 

 

 

            

             "Rocky the Jazzcat" Come see him!

                  

      

 

 


 

    Nu Swing Project

    Russ Lundgren Jazz Quartet

    Tempo Valley

    New York Urban Jazz

    Dave Yamasaki

    Tom Keenlyside

    Conscious Grove

    Spacifics

    Hip Hop Jazz

    Rie Furuse

    David Leshare Watson.

    Tetsuya Tatsumi

    Street Dog

    

Young and Danny Hong

 

 

OUR GUESTS  

 

Owner Young Yi and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa

 

  Favorite Links:

  Honolulu Weekly "Jazzmatazz"

  Star Bulletin Gary sez...

  Waikiki News Wow!

  Night Stuff by Derek Paiva, Advertiser

  Spotted by Midweek!

 Rie Furuse at Jazz Minds

 TGIF on the Tempo Valley gang

  Having fun

  More fun...!!   And... more!    First anniversary

  HANO and HCSC party  Photo 6

  Archives

  ID these VIPs

 

 

JAZZ FRIENDS:

Honolulu Jazz Scene

Don Gordon at KIPO Public Radio

The Jazz Intersection

The 808 Scene Zine

Private Oahu Tours

Stuff Nobody Told Me

Webmaster: papaalhawaii@hotmail.com

   Hawaii Musician links:

    Andy Bumatai

    Honolulu Jazz Quartet

    Jerome James

    Rolando Sanchez

    Zanuck Lindsey

    Abe Lagrimas

    Bobby Thursby

    Ginai

    Amber Ricci

    Cool Breeze

    Son Caribe

    Buddy Mak

    DeShannon Higa

   

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