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Li Xiaochuan

Li Xiaochuan is a jazz trumpeter and composer, who has become one of China's premier jazz musicians since his emergence in 2001.He began his musical career when he was 11 years old. His father, who is a professional trumpeter, was an early influence on him and has given him the most musical influence to date, since he was born. He studied classical music and graduated from the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory in 2005 with a degree in classical trumpet performance. During this period, he was a member of the Shanghai Conservatory Youth Orchestra and played in Shanghai Spring Festivals. However, his talent in jazz and creative musical expression, soon made him one of the most sought-after jazz musicians in China

Recollections of an Oslo experience

by Henning Bolte
October 17, 2019

Oslo has its week-long Jazz Festival taking place in mid-August at Sentralen and various locations from bar to church to opera house and university auditorium in the Norwegian capital. This already indicates something of the variety of the presented music. This year's edition has been the last one under the thirteen-year aegis of bassist and festival ...

Initial

By Li Xiaochuan

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: Wang; Initial; Song for Pat; Zen Me Di; Shanghai Blues; Radio Music; Yverdon; It's Time To ... ; Lan Hua Hua.

Li Xiaochuan: Initial

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 11, 2018

In China, one of the world's most ancient--and at times sheltered--civilizations, jazz music, which was once called “pornographic," has experienced a very robust re-emergence. For example, a recent multi-city tour in 5-digit capacity venues by Maestro Arturo Sandoval played to overflow SROs each night. And, there's even now a Blue Note in Beijing, a jazz club ...