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!

  

 

  

 

 

                         

 

"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, every 2nd Saturday

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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August Schedule

Jazz Minds Art & Cafe

 

Mondays, August 4,11,18,25  - Monday Open Session, live improve jazz, poetry. $3 cover, $3 Becks,  Stop by and join in!   9 p.m. –1 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

  

Tuesday, August 5,12,19 - 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

 

Tuesday August 26, Amber Ricci Quartet with Bobbie Shimoda guitar, drum, upright bass, saxophone, swinging jazz, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Wednesdays, August 6,13,20,27 -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, August 7,14, 21 28 – Miki’s Mayhem featuring Miki Mixtup spinning Acid Jazz, Deep House and Breaks, Tiana 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 

 

Thursday, August 21 -- Mo' Luv Productions & Entertainment: 6 winger Hip Hop jazz band, (Urban), 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Cafe, 945-0800

 

Thursday, August 28 -- Blue Light Funk Band: A James Brown Tribute to Funk! 6 piece band from Chicago, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Cafe, 945-0800

 

Friday August 1– Friends of Adam with Clayton Goo, drum Justin, bass Ernie, hip blues jazz, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Friday, August 8 Sheriff Brown, the finest band from the North Shore, 7pc, reggae jazz, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Friday, August 15 – Rolando Sanchez with new hot Latin Rock Jazz music band, the Brown Sound Orchestra, with Brian Nakashime, Gil Farias, JohnLoo, James Kaneko 11 pieces, , 9 p.m. - 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Cafe, 945-0800

 

Friday, August 22 – Mo’o Soul, heavy groove jazz, starring reknowned architect Charles Palumbo, 6 pc. live band with singer, 11 pc band, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Friday, August 29, Pocket City, classic and smooth jazz with Zack Ruffin bass/flute, Eathen Capone keyboard, Kenneth Hill Jr drum, Denita vocals and Gerard Lawson sax guitar, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

First Saturday, August 2, Maacho Cool Connection, reggae jazz, full band with Jamaican vocals, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café 9450800

 

Saturday August 9, Tempo Valley with Paisley, Seph1 and full band, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Jazz Minds Art & Café, 9450800

 

Saturday, August 16, IonZ, six piece live Jamaica reggae band,  9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café, 945-0800

 

Saturday, August 23 – Rootikal Riddim & A’a Mele, Roots reggae jazz, live full band, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., Jazz Minds Art & Café  945-0800

Saturday, August 30, – Maacho Cool Connection, reggae jazz, live full band, 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) And Just for private Parties, top of the line, leading edge Karaoke, all languages

 

 

 

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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