BAKU: Live at Elixir, December 26th, 9PM--FREE

BAKU  (Yuichi Arai, Takezo Aoki and Jerry Gordon) will play an eclectic mix of free improvised jazz-tinged experimentation for your boxing day contemplations and/or Bonenkai--[forget the year]--pursuits. 

The night promises to be ripe with inspiration for New Year's resolutions and offer numerous opportunities for chewing on dreams. 

Date: Friday, December 26th, 2008
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Admission is FREE

Elixer is Guido's new bar/cafe. He is working his magic atop the stove, so get your taste buds ready. Those of you who remember the vibe of Guido's cafe Agave will be happy to see he's back at it.

Location: Elixer Cafe Bar: Dakota House (just south of YMCA and the National Museum on Nakanoshima)
Street: 1F 1-23-30 Edobori Nishiku, Osaka, Japan
Phone: 0664442001

Salads in Space at Destine 13th, 8:30PM

December 13th (Saturday), 2008

Salads in Space (Rick Tuazon, Charles-Eric Billard and Jerry Gordon) will play two sets starting around 10pm on the 3rd floor.

¥1000 charge includes a drink.

Cafe Destine is a cool little 3 Floor place that's big on seesha and authentic Mediterranean food. Down a super-narrow alleyway in Umeda, it's worth finding early and trying their food, which ranges from vegetarian dishes to grilled meats and fresh seafood. Damned tasty and reasonable chicken kebab sandwiches, in my opinion.

For directions and a 10% off dinner discount coupon: http://www.whynotjapan.com/guide/destine/en.htm

call Destine at 06-6363-6341 to reserve a seat

Jerry's directions into the labyrinth that is Eastern Umeda: To get to Destine, the nearest exit from Umeda Midosuji station is the M2 Exit at Izuinohiroba through the Whity Umeda underground shopping area. Go out of the south ticket gate of Umeda Midosuji and stay underground inside the Whity Shopping area. Head east and look for exit M2. Come out of the M2 exit and walk north towards Tsutaya. Before Tsutaya, on your right you'll see two places called Gallery and then Org cafe. Between them is a narrow alley. Go in the alley and Destine is midway through, on your right.

Good luck traveller.