Tag: Shi Yuji
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Los Amigos de Pekín
Want jazz you can dance to and a touch of salsa in the land of beef noodles? Throw on your guayabera, grab a hot date, and check out Los Amigos at Beijing’s East Shore Jazz Café. Arrive on Chinese rather than Latin American time, though, or you’ll be watching over dancing heads through the doorway. Read more
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Celebrating 100 Years of Miles Davis
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
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Shi Yuji’s Quartet Lights Up the Night @ East Shore Live Jazz Café
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