Jazz themed coffee cocktail bar

Since when do cafes focus on jazz? JAZZ is not responsible for the origin and development of cafes.

The reason is that in countries where there are many cafes such as France and Italy, there is no background music in them. In French cafes, in particular, people like to set up a row of tables in front of the windows along the street, and then sit down in a row of people, chatting, watching street views, and music. I'm afraid they can't hear it at all.

The first thing to say is that there are cafes and then jazz. Whether in Japan or in Shanghai, cafes appeared on the street with the arrival of foreigners and the westernization of social culture. When jazz came to the East, it was more than 30 years after these "foreign markets" developed.

The Jazz Cafe in Japan originated in the early years of Showa in the 1920-1930s. During this period, American jazz changed from white jazz to Swing, and many famous musicians of the big orchestra period emerged. At the same time, the Bailemen band in Shanghai was also one of the main representatives of oriental jazz. At this time, jazz is based on live performance, which combines the role of dance music, and belongs to the music used in places of entertainment. Compared to quiet cafes, jazz was not very suitable at that time, so it did not form a climate in Japan.

During World War II, Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese. Since jazz originated in the United States, it has been banned by all fascist regimes, including Japan, and it is difficult to find jazz in both Shanghai and Japan. It was not until the 1950s after the war that the ban on jazz was lifted again in Japan under the control of American occupying forces.

In the 1950s, jazz appeared with improvisation as the main body of Bebop, and the commercial release of jazz albums began to get on track. In Japan, it is difficult for the average family to afford the cost of players and records. And some cafes, because of the purchase of excellent playback equipment and a large number of records, (the relatively closed space enhances the effect of the playback equipment and can well reproduce the playing environment of Bebop) makes jazz lovers gather in these places. Although Shanghai, which is full of jazz music at the same time, there is no more jazz music because of the system.

This kind of "jazz coffee shop" is quite different from other coffee shops:

The repertoire depends entirely on the taste of the shopkeeper.

There are almost no radio broadcasts in the store.

Regular customers can play records.

No talking, no knocking on the table.

Alcohol is available

In the evening, it will become a jazz bar.

Open until the early morning.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the student movement around the world was booming. Because of the student gathering place, the jazz coffee shop has become one of the hallmarks of the student movement. This is beside the point.

After the 1970s, as pop music and rock music gradually watered down jazz from the eyes of the public, most jazz coffee shops have changed their business models. The jazz coffee shop left behind has almost become a "historical relic", with a fixed but rare fans.

Now, with the penetration and development of jazz music in the mainland, the atmosphere of most cafes coincides with the lazy rhythm of jazz, so jazz has become the main music of large and small cafes.