Jazz Olympus was opened by the very friendly Komatsu-san in 2009. It's a sleek cafe/bar that is already well known in the area for it's lunch-time menu (rare is the jazz cafe with good food!).
Small Hours is a new cafe/bar located in the back streets between Ochanomizu, Jimbocho and Suidobashi stations.
Grauers is a new cafe/bar opened August, 2011.
Root Down is worthy of its funky name.
Jazz Bar Gugan is a small new bar in the east side of Tokyo, near both the Ochanomizu and Jimbocho areas.
All used records (and a few CDs) here with vocals & swing jazz being the specialty. Lots of old music journals and magazines too, it's a fun place to browse.
Kissa Ko is a wonderful old cafe in the back streets of Jimbocho. It's in an Edo-style wooden house that seems to be one of those buildings that survived the war.
Naru is a small, dinner-club place with serious jazz every night. Owned by sax-player Ishizaki Shinobu.
Cafe Ragtime has live music every Thursday and Friday nights, usually piano and sax or vocalist duos.
Big Boy is a new jazz cafe with a modern interior and awesome sound system. Bar time from 7-11pm on weeknights only.