Tag: Mark Yang

  • Celebrating 100 Years of Miles Davis

    Celebrating 100 Years of Miles Davis
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    The nonchalant bassline of “So What” sauntered out of the gate, initiating a call-and-response with the horns, and the Blue Note China Jazz Orchestra leaned into the opening notes of a Miles Davis centennial tribute in Beijing. The sixteen-piece ensemble – four trumpets, three trombones, five saxophones, a pianist, guitarist, bassist, and drummer – was Read more

  • Shi Yuji’s Quartet Lights Up the Night @ East Shore Live Jazz Café

    Shi Yuji’s Quartet Lights Up the Night @ East Shore Live Jazz Café
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    Does music come from within or do we pull it from the air around us? When summoning a piece, Shi Yuji closed his eyes and swayed, snapping his fingers and quietly breathing to an inaudible beat. The music took shape before it was heard, like a ski lift the quartet was waiting to hop on Read more