Blog Tag - Jazz

Leon Lee to Open Jazz Club YUE FU in Early June
Leon Lee, who has brought Beijing award-winning cocktail venues like Apothecary and Janes & Hooch, will open a 75-seat live jazz venue in early...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Mamer & IZ, Yaksa, Mr. Antonio Hart
How rare is it to see Xinjiang Kazakh music genius Mamer and his band IZ to play in Beijing? When his thrumming voice encounters the layers of...
Journeys Into Jazz at Whiskey Bar Maiden Voyage
The old White Rabbit space is now home to three separate venues. Basement level two presents you with a choice of two doors. On the left is Salon...
Bar of the month: Le Zinc
At 11pm, Le Petit Gourmand morphs into Le Zinc. What that means: The kitchen winds down to serve only simple bar food, and there's live music twice...
Live Jazz in Lido: Collage Bar
For owner George Friddle, Collage is a labor of love. It’s a place where he can relax in the evenings – he has a regular day job – and enjoy live...
Soft Vowels and Melodic Syllables: Boi Akih Debut in Beijing
Moluccan folk fused with modern jazz? If you’re not quite sure what that would sound like, head over to Star Live on Friday, September 10 to find...
It’s All in the Mix: Cocktails & Jazz with Apothecary’s Leon Lee
Multicursal mastermind Leon Lee, previously of jazz-spot OT Lounge, has opened a new bar, Apothecary, in Sanlitun’s Nali Patio. His partners in the...
Flavorsome Big Band Jazz Comes to Beijing
Compared to Beijing’s rock music scene, bars specializing in jazz are thin on the ground. Since OT Lounge closed, East Shore Live Jazz Café is only...
Litmus Test: Beijing's Funky Jazz Experiment
Beijing’s jazz scene has always been defined by pioneers like Liu Yuan, Liu Yue and Xia Jia, and centered around the hidden bars of Houhai and Gulou...