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Jason Kao Hwang: Stories Before Within
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tra i tantissimi violinisti apparsi negli ultimi tempi sulla scena jazzistica o nelle sue immediate vicinanze va certamente preso in considerazione anche il nome del cinquantunenne Jason Kao Hwang. Musicista di origini cinesi (ma nato in Illinois), Hwang ha lavorato molto non solo in campo jazzistico: oltre ad aver dato il suo contributo a Butch Morris, ...
Jason Kao Hwang / Edge: Stories Before Within
by Troy Collins
Stories Before Within is the second album from violinist Jason Kao Hwang's three-year-old ensemble, Edge. Their self-titled debut for Asian Improv Records was one of 2006's sleeper hits, a record brimming with stirring melodies, unorthodox arrangements and stunning group interplay. No less imaginative, their follow-up blends Eastern and Western traditions with even greater conviction. Joined again ...
Jason Kao Hwang / Edge: Stories Before Within
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
It is difficult to escape the storytelling element of the new release Stories Before Within. There's that title for one; the cover art prominently displays an open book and the first sentence in the liner notes emphatically declares, “as he prepared his new release by Edge, violinist-composer Jason Kao Hwang was thinking about storytelling."
Jason Kao Hwang / Edge: Stories Before Within
by Jerry D'Souza
Composer and violinist Jason Kao Hwang and his group Edge return with a story to tell on each of the five tracks on Stories Before Within. Hwang has long been a potent force in assimilating various styles of music, particularly Chinese, Korean and Japanese, with jazz. The result has been a startling cornucopia of thematic dynamics.
Jason Kao Hwang/Edge at Jimmy's, This Sunday, 1/6, 9PM
Happy New Year! EDGE will be performing music from their new CD Stories Before Within (Innova Records), at Jimmy's this coming Sunday, January 6th, starting at 9pm. Jimmy's, a former speakeasy, is a great place to hear music. Go in, follow the secret passage and find the hidden theater. Sunday, January 6th, 9pm JASON KAO HWANG/EDGE ...
Local Lingo
Label: Euonymus Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Listen; Ari Rang; Grassy Hills; Third Sight; Embers.
Local Lingo Wednesday, November 28th 8PM at the Issue Project Room
KIOKU, in-residence at the Issue Project Room, has invited LOCAL LINGO to share a concert. KIOKU is a very creative trio playing compositions incorporating Korean and Japanese rhythms. This will be a great night! Both groups will have new CDs on sale. Hope you can attend. Also, if you want to read about cross-cultural collaborations, log ...
Jason Kao Hwang / Sang Won Park: Local Lingo
by Kurt Gottschalk
Through the 1990s, violinist Jason Kao Hwang mined an exploration of East Asian music filtered through the improvisatory language of downtown New York. Primarily with his Far East Band--with Sang Won Park on the stringed ajeng and kayagum and Yukio Tsuji on the flutelike shakuhachi, later augmented by Joe Daley's tuba--Hwang created an avant-garde take on ...
Graphic Evidence
Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: To The Endless Embrace of Light; Invocation and Resonance; Microscopic; Blood Falling
Out-of-Bounds; Door Beneath and Arch; Transparent Tapestry; Alluvial Fan; Before
Memory Begins.
Edge
Label: Asian Improv Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: No Myth; Threads; Parallel Meditations; Grassy Hills.
