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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.
Jason Kao Hwang: Edge
by Rex Butters
Violinist Jason Kao Hwang gathers a startling quartet to record Edge. Joining him on the front line is cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, his colleague in SpiderMonkey Strings and a fellow Anthony Braxton alumnus. Like Hwang, Bynum has left his mark on some of the premier ensembles of our time, including a tenure with Cecil Taylor. The ...
Jason Kao Hwang: Edge
by Troy Collins
Edge is the self-titled debut of violinist Jason Kao Hwang's new all-star quartet. Joined by cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum (Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor), bassist Ken Filiano and experimental percussionist Andrew Drury, Hwang sets aside his seminal, decade-old Far East Side Band for this new venture. Exploring the edges of different genres (hence the ...
Jason Kao Hwang: Edge
by Jerry D'Souza
Jason Kao Hwang is on the edge not only with this recording, but with his band as well. Both share the name, and the reason becomes apparent when listening to the record. Hwang nestles comfortably in a wide range of genres while exploring this musical journey. The violinist has created works that have the harmony of ...
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