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Tracy Yang Embraces Her Multi-Cultural Background in Composition
by Dean Nardi
Tracy Yang is intimately familiar with the significance placed on identity in music. However, this awareness has not stopped the Taiwanese American composer from embracing all of her musical gifts, regardless of style. It is a choice that in just a handful of years has led Yang to a number of awards and recognition for her work, including the Charlie Parker Jazz Composition prize in 2021, the Benny Golson Award while attending the Berklee College in Boston and Golden Melody ...
Continue ReadingTracy Yang: OR
by Angelo Leonardi
Il percorso biografico e artistico di Tracy Yang ha molte affinità con quello di Jihye Lee, l'ormai nota arrangiatrice e bandleader coreana che s'è imposta con i significativi album Infinite Connections e Daring Mind. Tracy Yang viene da Taiwan, dove lavorava come radiologa. Come Jihyie Lee ha appreso in un decennio le tecniche dell'orchestrazione partendo da zero, ha studiato al Berklee e in altri college statunitensi e fatto esperienza sul campo a New York. Darcy James ...
Continue ReadingWayne Shorter, Wayne Escoffery, Gordon Louis & Tracy Yang
by Joe Dimino
In this 874th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive deep into the musical mastery of young bandleader Tracy Yang, whose talent takes center stage with a track from her upcoming 2024 album, Or, alongside her dynamic jazz orchestra. Then, we uncover new material from the late, legendary Wayne Shorter, keeping the spirit of his genius alive. Midway through the hour, Kansas City's powerhouse ensemble, OJT, brings the heat with a cut from their fresh 2024 release, Getting It Going.
Continue ReadingTracy Yang: OR
by Jack Kenny
Darcy James Argue and Maria Schneider have produced music in recent years that is setting new parameters. They have broadened the scope of jazz by mining inspiration from unlikely sources: Argue finds inspiration in politics and conspiracy theories; Schneider looked at the data world, both artists revivifying the large jazz orchestra. A new name can be added: Tracy Yang. Yang has her own preoccupations: music, photography and ecology. Yang's story has many intriguing aspects. To abandon a career ...
Continue ReadingTracy Yang, Enrico Pieranunzi, Sarah Hanahan, Olli Ahvenlahti & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The compelling debuts of Tracy Yang's Jazz Orchestra and Sarah Hanahan, the new albums of jazz piano veterans Enrico Pieranunzi and Olli Ahvenlahti are just some of the highlights of another edition of Mondo Jazz packed with new great releases.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Josh Lawrence “A Tragic Tango Comedy" Measured Response (Posi-Tone) 0:16 Host talks 5:12 Enrico Pieranunzi “B.Y.O.H. (Bring Your Own Heart)" Hindsight (CAM) 6:53 ...
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