Mr Hicksdemonstratesprecisely how andwhy Mr Terry is a jazz giant: video footage shows his virtuosic capacity to playfast, upper-range hard-bop as well as airy, soulful, slow-tempo ballads.
Another older Shinjuku gem is Jazz Pub Michaux, a bar whose white-bearded, kimono-and-Mongolian-cap-wearing 76-year-old owner has 4, 500 records of hard-bop and soul-jazz, including a large collection of rare vinyl by artists like Baby Face Willette and Groove Holmes.