the movie vividly conveys the social ambience of the time when Basie opened. In one interview in the film, Hozumi Nakadaira, who runs the jazz cafe Dug in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, talks about ...

Last week, the Palm Court Jazz Café announced it would permanently ... "It's very difficult to maintain the quality of the music, the food, the ambiance. The bills just got higher and higher.