TAIWAN

Blue Note. 4F, 171 Roosevelt Road, Section 3 Taipei. Tel: (+886 2) 2362 2333 [Established in 1974 by Tsai Hui-yang ,this Blue Note is older than Blue Note in NY or Tokyo. Tsai likes Blue Note records in '50s & '60s,so he named it. Now in Taipei, Blue Note is almost only place where you can listen to pure jazz played by Taiwanese musicians. They play standards and bebop tunes. Some young musians studied jazz in the US and came back to Taiwan. Show time is from 9:30pm to 12.]

Brown Sugar. 218 Jinshan South Road, Section 2. Taipei Tel. (+886 2) 2322 4677 [Mon-Sun 11.30.am-3am Features live bands every night, jazz, blues]

TU B1. 249 Fuxing South Road. Section 1 Taipei Tel: (+886 2) 2704 7290 [Sun-Thu 8pm-3am, Fri-Sat 8pm-5am House band playing jazz Thursday to Saturday]