We went three times to Itaewon, which is a kind of cosmopolitan district of Seoul. There are many restaurants (French, Italian, Indian, Vietnamese, etc) and pubs, and some night clubs.
When we go to Itaewon, we like to go to All That Jazz. We pay an entry fee of 5000 won (€ 3,90, US$ 4,65), then we can have dinner and drinks, while enjoying one or two concerts. There are two floors - we can see the musicians from first floor, even when we're at the second one.
(I don't remember the name of the bands who performed there, these concerts were during my two first trips to Korea)
We went to Itaewon again, because about two weeks before my trip started, I saw on instagram that one of my favourite artists, Jacob Collier, was going to perform there. As it seemed impossible for me to buy a ticket online, I bought our tickets at the place, and we walked in the street before getting back to the waiting line for the opening of the doors.
Some sculptures while we were walking.
Waiting to get inside Hyundai Card Understage.
Lee Jin-ah (or Lee Jin-A - 이진아) was the guest artist for the first part of the concert. It was not bad.
Jacob Collier is a 22 years old jazz musician, from United Kingdom. He won two Grammy Awards, and this concert was the first one of a tour in Korea, Singapore and Australia. He started this concert with a cover of Stevie Wonder's Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing, and we listened to some songs such as Saviour, Hideaway, Don't You Know, George Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm (to people who can read music, see the full transcription made by the very talented June Lee), and some others.
Even though I play classical music since my childhood, I love listening to jazz music as well, and going to All That Jazz is always a pleasure. And Jacob Collier's concert, last week, was surely the best concert I attended to - it's at least the best recent concert I attended to. Being able to attend there with my girlfriend is one of the happiest things I have ever lived.