VIETNAM Jazz Clubs

HANOI

Binh Minh's Jazz Club .No.1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District Tel: 84-4-3933 6555 {Quyen Van Minh, originator and maestro of Vietnamese Jazz, first encountered jazz on the American radio and BBC some 30 years ago and fell in love with the music immediately. Since then, he learned jazz saxophone on his own and became the first jazz/sax instructor at the Hanoi Conservatory. There he teaches young musicians to develop their own style of jazz unique to Vietnam. Minh felt the need to create his own style as a Vietnamese saxophonist and composer and started experimenting mixing traditional Vietnamese themes with jazz. This was over 10 years ago. Since then, he played with an ordinary jazz combo an original style of jazz which is close to the Vietnamese heart and exotic as well as familiar to foreign listeners. Now he performs nearly every night at his Jazz club with his students who are to become the next generation ]

HO CHI MINH

Sax 'n Art. 28 Le Loi Street. Tel: +84 8 8228472 Fax: +84 8 8233954 [contact: Tran Manh Tuan Newly-opened modern jazz club in middle of bustling Ho Chi Minh. Hot sax player, Mr Tran Manh Tuan, educated at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston, plays nightly with his band and special guests. Atmosphere is clean and comfortable, drinks reasonable, no cover charge.]