The Lakeland Lecture Series Presents: Tokyo Jazz Joints, by Philip Arneill and James Catchpole

Jul 20th, 2023

7:00 PM

6F Conference Center

The Lakeland Lecture Series Presents: Tokyo Jazz Joints, by Philip Arneill and James Catchpole

“Tokyo Jazz Joints", presented by James Catchpole and Philip Arneill

Thursday, July 20 at 7 PM. LUJ Lecture Hall, 6th floor.

Japanese jazz coffee shops are insular worlds where time ceases to exist, removed from the speed and chaos of the modern urban landscape. These dedicated jazz listening spaces are slowly vanishing in the face of changing trends, aging customers, and gentrification. Tokyo Jazz Joints is a visual chronicle of this unique culture that captures the transient beauty of these spaces.

This lecture will explore the wonderful world of Japanese jazz kissa and introduce Tokyo Jazz Joints, an audiovisual documentary project started in 2015 by Northern Irish photographer and writer Philip Arneill, in collaboration with American broadcaster and writer James Catchpole, both long-term residents of Japan. The Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook, published this month by Kehrer Verlag, preserves these living museums before they disappear forever.

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