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About Jason Kao Hwang
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Jason Kao Hwang
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The music of Jason Kao Hwang (composer/violin/viola) explores the vibrations and language of his history. His compositions are often narrative landscapes through which sonic beings embark upon extemporaneous, transformational journeys. His most recent releases, The Human Rites Trio (w/Andrew Drury and Ken FiLIANO), Conjure (duo with Karl Berger), and Blood, performed by Burning Bridge (octet of Chinese and Western instruments), are receiving critical acclaim. In 2019, 2018, 2013 and 2012, the El Intruso International Critics Poll voted him #1 for Violin/Viola. In 2017 Downbeat Magazine named his quintet recording Sing House (Eunoymus) as one of the Best CDs of the Year
Myths of Origin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Collapse of Gravity; Spin Fast and Burn; Multiply and Rise; Dust Gathers Around Sleep;
Landmarks Vanish; Where Fools Fear; Ancestors of Light; Anthem of Knowing; Never
Forgotten.
The Carole Nelson Trio, Heather Ward, Hi Res Heart, Dom Salvador
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, you'll hear from The Carole Nelson Trio; pianists Frank Carlberg and Dom Salvador; vocalists Heather Ward, Marisa Balistreri, and Michael Mayo; High Res Heart; and saxophonists Collin Sherman and Miguel Zenon. Playlist George Russell & The Living Time Orchestra “Event I: Organic Life on ...
Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson
by Jerome Wilson
This episode pays tribute to the recently deceased Sheila Jordan by playing music from the early and later parts of her long career. It also features music from Sarah Wilson, Jason Kao Hwang, and Phillip Haynes among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...
New Music From Bailis, Petrillo, Ortiz & More
by Bob Osborne
A selection of brand new releases from around the world together with four more great examples from the recent re-issue of the Strata-East catalogue provides for a fascinating two hours of music. Playlist David Bailis “Ordinary Trash" from Running Through My Mind (Create or Destroy) 00:00 Pat Petrillo “Late Night Diner" from Contemporaneous ...
Resistance! Music for these times from Ivanna Cuesta with Kris Davis, Jason Kao Huang, Caroline Davis and Robert Glasper
by Hobart Taylor
Music that's brave and beautiful from Caroline Davis, Jason Kao Hwang, Robert Glasper and introducing Ivanna Cuesta!Playlist Jason Kao Hwang “Spin Fast and Burn" from Myths of Origin (True Sound Recordings) 00:00 Caroline Davis “synchronize my body where my mind has always been" from Alula Captivity (Ropeadope) 3:20 Caroline Davis Nicole Mitchell Nappy Nina ...
Jason Kao Hwang: Myths of Origin
by Jerome Wilson
Violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang has worked with groups of every size, from duos up to full orchestras. “Myths of Origin" is one of his large-scale pieces, an imposing 42-minute work for an improvising string orchestra and drum set. It runs without interruption, but the recording breaks it down into nine sections. The ...
Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations
by Mark Corroto
Violinist Jason Kao Hwang is the kind of collaborator every creative improviser dreams of having. His résumé reads like a who's who of avant-garde jazz, including partnerships with Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, William Parker, Ivo Perelman, Anthony Braxton, and Steve Swell, among others. Hwang's musical versatility and deeply intuitive improvisational sensibility have made him a sought-after ...
Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations
by Richard J Salvucci
Jason Kao Hwang is a child of Chinese immigrants, and previously recorded in Book of Stories (2023), Uncharted Faith (2022), and Human Rites Trio(2022), a CD completed during the Covid-19 pandemic. He places his music, on viola and violin, within the category of avant-garde-jazz-soul-folk. In the abstract, he calls his music “a celebration of life."
Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations
Label: True Sound Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: At the Beginning; Hungry Shadows; Vagabond; Spinning Coins; Remembering Our
Conversation; Where the River Runs Both Ways; Dreams Dream; Silhouettes Lean Forward;
Encirclement; Bending Branches into Roots; Shards; Before God.
