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Last Sunday nite I went to Minami Azabu to check out a club called “Blue Flame” as a possible place to do another “Elvis” gig. I wasn’t expecting it but it was jam session nite. Well I was rather surprised because when I walked in and listened it was different from the usual jam sessions that you go to. The guys that were playing were excellent. Two of them were pro musicians. The drummer was a Chinese American. He was really tasty and had good technique as well. An excellent bass player as well. Then another funk bassist came in who was excellent. He played with this (maybe American) woman who looked like a typical housewife. I wasn’t expecting it but she wailed! What a great voice and so much soul. I played a set of music, some jazz standards and some Brazilian songs with a pretty decent Japanese singer. It was a good night. I’ll be heading there on the next jam session night in July