Abstract
To most jazz fans, Pithecanthropus Erectus will likely resonate as the title of the iconic 1956 Charles Mingus album. To anyone who has walked the back streets of Kamata, a down-at-heel suburb in one of the less glamorous Tokyo neighborhoods south of glittery Shibuya and grittier Shinjuku, it may also be familiar as the name of one classic example of the gradually fading world of Japanese jazu kissa.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 95-99 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Jazz & Culture |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- jazz
- jazu kissa
- Mingus
- Japan
- photography
- Pithecanthropus Erectus
- Tokyo
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Philip Arneill: Tokyo Jazz Joints
Arneill, P. (Speaker)
19 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Podcast: Centre for Irish Studies at Villanova University, PA
Arneill, P. (Speaker)
22 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Exploring Jazz Through Photography
Arneill, P. (Speaker)
20 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Are jazz kissa cool now? The rise of a subcultural phenomenon.
Arneill, P., 31 Aug 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Japanese jazz and kissa-cool: coincidental cultural diplomacy.
Arneill, P., 4 Sept 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Listening Not Hearing: Music Mediation through Immersive Tokyo Jazz Joints Listening Events
Arneill, P., 22 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Music Mediation . 2, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press/Media
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One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in pictures
5/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Japanese Jazz Kissa: The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum
26/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Exploring Japan’s ‘jazz kissa’ cafe culture
17/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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