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Little Bells by Chenxi Pan

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Album Title: This Very Moment
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 00:59:54

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About the Album

Vocalist and composer Chenxi Pan introduces herself as a thoughtful new voice in contemporary jazz through this set of all original music. Unfolding as a series of reflections drawn from lived experience, emotions are rendered through a fluid blend of poetry, song, and instrumental writing, often using the voice as an expressive instrument within the ensemble as she dissolves the line between sung narrative and pure sound. Born and raised in China, her path shifted from literature to music during her early studies, eventually leading her to pursue jazz in New York City at the New School. Her writing reflects that lineage: lyrical yet searching, precise yet open to spontaneity. Produced by master drummer Matt Wilson, This Very Moment was recorded soon after her 2024 debut as a bandleader at The Stone NYC. Balancing intimacy with collective interplay, Pan allows each composition to breathe and evolve. Her emergence as a musical voice signals an artist attuned to nuance, collaboration, and storytelling—one who invites the listener not toward spectacle, but into a shared, resonant present.

Tracks

Hymn for the Spring; At Dusk; Little Bells; Clarity; New Year's Wish; Endless Summer; Rain of May (Intro); Rain of May; Awakening; If Only for a Moment; Parachute; Fate (Wherever It Leads Me); Endless Summer (Reprise).

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Peyton Cook: violin; Julie Kim: cello.

Date featured

April 13, 2026

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