Blog Tag - Jazz

A Talk With Jazz Vocalist and Singer-SongwriterJess Meider
Jess Meider has been performing in Beijing since 1997. Her dreamy, lyrical vocals have captured the hearts of many as she has performed her way...
Two More American Jazz Legends Headed to Beijing
If you happened to miss American jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ two-day stop in Beijing this week, there are still some chances to catch some...
Experience Jazz Fusion with a Whole Lot of Synth at This Blue Note Show, Nov 16-17
The Blue Note stage is set to be graced by a different kind of sound tonight and Friday night, when French musician Thierry Maillard and his band the...
WIN TIX to the Five Day 2023 Pretty Things Jazz Festival!
Experience a whole week of all that jazz plus a little bit more jazz at the Tanko Pretty Things Jazz Festival in Tanko Moofland Park. We’re giving...
Tokyo Lounge
If you’ve hung around Ichiban Gai First Avenue (the strip of Japanese bars and restaurants just west of Solana and Chaoyang Park) as of late, you may...
Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah: “I’m Putting My Life Force Into This Sound”
Ever since the first trumpet was bent into existence, innovators like Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis – and contemporary composers like Ambrose...
Simo Laihonen
If you have ever encountered Beijing-based, Finnish guitarist Jukka Ahonen (and considering he’s in about five bands off the top of my head, that’s...
Don't Miss "the Missing Link Between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong” at Blue Note, Mar 7-8
You know you’re doing something special when critics call your band "the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong.” Eight-piece New...
Don't Miss This Herbie Hancock Approved Jazz Prodigy at Blue Note, Feb 23 and 24
As if it wasn’t enough to win the illustrious Thelonius Monk International Trumpet Competition, Chicago jazz star Marquis Hill can also boast about...
R1 ''We Need a Jazz Band, but They All Have to Be Foreigners" : The Discrimination Faced by Asian Musicians
Even though Beijing's jazz scene is booming these days, the benefits don't always reach the musicians involved. In fact, some artists face harsh...
At 25, Jazz Is Growing up Fast in Beijing
“Play ‘City of Stars!’” a smiling Chinese man hollers from the back of The Bricks, the Sanlitun jazz club resembling Seb’s from the film La La Land....
Beijing Jazz Prodigy A Bu Talks Seeking the “Sound From the Future”
He may only be 19 years old, but Beijing pianist A Bu has already attained a lifetime's worth of jazzy milestones. Aside from studying at prestigious...
Old China Hand: Jazz Singer and Radio Host Nancy Jenkinson Brown
There are lively interviewees, and then there’s Nancy Jenkinson Brown. The British expat has the air of a golden age jazz musician, with her regal...
Grammy Winning Songwriter Jesse Harris on Fear, Norah Jones, and Willie Nelson's Studio Style
When Norah Jones sings one of your songs, and you win a Grammy in the process, it might seem like you have it made. However, when songwriter and...
Jazz Ensemble 3C "Is Exactly What I Wanted"
For a man passionate enough to dedicate his life to jazz, Simone Schirru certainly didn’t get off to an early start. The Italian guitarist only began...