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Alec Haavik
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Alec Haavik, hailing from the New York City area, is now based in Shanghai, China. His urban, yet personable compositions fuse the multi-textured language of jazz with the raw energy of rock. The result is an array of tunes which cause listeners to both scream and reflect, laugh and grow quiet. This spectrum, made even wider by his new hometown, is captured on Alec's latest CD, Ye Shanghai. Raised in the New York City area, Alec has performed internationally in a broad array of jazz and performance groups. During his eight years on the scene in New York City, he performed or recorded with such artists as Jane Monheit, Ronnie Burrage, Daniel Carter, Taro Koyama, Gregory Hutchinson, Shoko Nagai, and Eric Harland, among others
OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival: Shenzhen, China, October 8-23, 2012
by Ian Patterson
OCT-LOFT Jazz FestivalShenzhen, ChinaOctober 8-23, 2012The OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, in Shenzhen, Gaungdong Province, is one of the youngest jazz festivals in China, yet in just two editions it has already established itself as one of the best. Financially, it can't compete with the Shanghai Jazz Festival, which for its 2012 edition attracted renowned ...
Blue Koi Collective at JZ Club in Shanghai
by Jenn Chan Lyman
Blue Koi CollectiveJZ ClubShanghaiApril 5, 2010JZ Club welcomed a special evening with free jazz group Blue Koi Collective on Monday night. Led by Italian pianist Gabriele Meirano, Blue Koi Collective has been playing at JZ Club for the past two years, performing their unique rendition of “free jazz" with ...
Alec Haavik Friction Guzheng: Fusion With A Chinese Flair
by Jenn Chan Lyman
Alec HaavikJZ ClubShanghaiDecember, 3rd, 2009In an interview a few months ago, local Shanghai sax machine Alec Haavik mentioned his desire to include more Chinese elements into his band, Friction Seven, which plays regularly at JZ Club on Thursday nights. On Thursday, December 3rd, JZ was abuzz with tons of people anticipating ...
Alec Haavik at 2009 JZ Music Festival
This year's JZ Music Festival is shaping up to be the best one yet! This year's location will be at the magnificent Century Park in Pudong. Alec Haavik will be the MC for the jazz stage, on both Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th. In addition, Alec Haavik Friction Seven will perform at the After-Party ...
Theo Croker: Ace of Trumps
by Jenn Chan Lyman
If you've never seen Theo Croker before, he's a pretty easy one to spot. He's the one with the trumpet by his side at all times. The neat dreadlocks and mischievous glint in his eye are also dead giveaways. Having grown up in the U.S. in a musically oriented family, Croker was introduced to the world ...
The Jenn Chan Lyman Interview for urbanatomy.com
The first time I saw Alec Haavik ('Hoe-vick', Norwegian pronunciation) on stage at JZ was one of the moments when I really fell in love with live jazz. If you've seen him on stage, you'll know what I mean. Charismatic and wacky, you can barely tell Alec apart from his saxophone when he's whizzing around on ...
Cruise Control
Album: Ye Shanghai
By Alec Haavik
Label: Red Ankh Records
Released: 0
Duration: 07:40
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