Results for "Beijing"

Article: Interview

Li Gao Yang: Locks, Stock and Smoking Barrel

by Ian Patterson
December 6, 2012

With dreadlocks tumbling over his shoulders, Li Gao Yang already cuts a striking figure. When he's on stage blowing his tenor saxophone and leading his quartet with quiet assurance, the impact is all the greater. Chinese jazz stars are few and far between, at home or abroad, but already this unassuming musician from Beijing has appeared ...

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Article: Live Review

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 4-6, September 28-30, 2011

by Ian Patterson
October 10, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8Hong Kong International Jazz FestivalHong KongSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 The 2011 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival offered up over forty groups from 24 countries--a big jump from the eight bands that made up the first edition of HKIJF in 2008. Apart from the ...

Album

Beijing

By Michael Musillami

Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Jade Welcoming; Beijing; Dazu; Swedish Fish; Fragile Forms; Op-Ed; Mogao; Icons; Pivot; The Present; Caterpillar.

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Article: Album Review

Michael Musillami: Beijing

Read "Beijing" reviewed by Frank Rubolino

by Frank Rubolino
June 25, 2003

On the highflying Beijing, Michael Musillami sets up shop with a swinging team of sprightly improvisers in bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller. Musillami gets into an adventuresome mode on this set, and the others enlist for the fun-loving trip. They play mostly original compositions by Musillami or by band members collectively. The music cooks ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Musillami: Beijing

by AAJ Staff
June 25, 2003

As jazz musicians get older, they tend to get wiser. They also tend to lose a bit of spark, but there's nothing wrong about mellowing with age. (Usually their audience undergoes the very same transitions, which explains quite a bit about the music's demographics, but that's another matter...) In over a decade on wax, Michael Musillami ...