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Jen Shyu

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Born in Peoria, Illinois, USA, from Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, 2016 Doris Duke Artist Jen Shyu (Chinese name: 徐秋雁) is an experimental jazz vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, producer, and Fulbright scholar. Known mostly for her virtuosic singing with saxophonist and 2014 MacArthur Genius Fellow Steve Coleman since 2003 and having collaborated with innovators Anthony Braxton, Bobby Previte, Chris Potter, Michael Formanek, and David Binney to name a few, she has performed her own music around the world in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Ringling International Arts Festival, Asia Society, Roulette, Blue Note, Bimhuis, Salihara Theater, National Gugak Center, and National Theater of Korea and festivals around the world. A Stanford University graduate in opera with classical violin and ballet training, Jen had already won many piano competitions and played the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No

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Article: Live Review

Siena Jazz 2025

Read "Siena Jazz 2025" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55th Edition Siena Jazz International Academy Siena, Italy July 26-August 7, 2025 Fifty-five editions, more than ninety students from around the globe, and some thirty faculty members who are also acclaimed performers on the international scene. Listing them all is not mere name-dropping, but a way to ...

Article: Live Review

Siena Jazz - International Summer Workshop – 55a Edizione

Read "Siena Jazz - International Summer Workshop – 55a Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55a Edizione Siena Jazz International Academy Siena 26 luglio--7 agosto 2025 Cinquantacinque edizioni, oltre novanta studenti provenienti da ogni parte del mondo, una trentina di docenti che sono anche affermati musicisti in ambito internazionale. Li elenchiamo tutti, non per gusto declamatorio, ma per dare contezza della portata dei ...

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Oedipe Redux

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Prelude; Tirésias et Laïos; Helas! Terre lamentable...; Interlude I; Adonis couché sur la pourpre et l'or; Le berger; Hécate, Hécate; Oui suis-je? Le Corbeau crie...; Interlude II; Le crime, mort de Laïos; El est un breuvage; La Sphynge; Couronnement et chute; Je mourrai dans la lumière.

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Miniature America

Label: Cygnus Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Cocktail Party; The Funambulist; The Funicular; Lookout Below; Wheel Of Cloud; And The Deep River; Follow That Car; Open Road; Whack A Mole; Promise; The Cavern; Chutes And Ladders; The Haze; The Hive; Venus Calling; Zodiacal Cloud; Only Outer Space; The Firmament; The Furniture; Pulsation Station; In The Fullness Of Time; A Clean Slate.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Celebrating innovative releases from the Pi Recording catalog

Read "Celebrating innovative releases from the Pi Recording catalog" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


This week we feature Pi Recording artists including the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Anna Webber, Steve Coleman and the Five Elements, Luke Stewart, Jen Shyu, Henry Threadgill, Patricia Brennan, Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile and others. Playlist Aaron Parks “Little Beginnings" from Little Big III (Blue Note) 0:00 Brandee Younger “Tickled Pink" from Somewhere Different (Impulse) ...

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Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning

Read "Portals, Volume 2 : Returning" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Alto saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis, a rising star in the jazz world, has unveiled her second installment of the “Portals" series, titled Portals Vol. 2: Returning. This album serves as a sonic memoir, inspired by her grandmother, Joan “Lady" Anson-Weber, and it represents a deeply personal journey of reflection and healing. As a gifted saxophonist and composer, ...

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The Cocktail Party

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Label: Cygnus Recordings
Released: 2024
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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Neta Raanan, Avery Sharpe, Lauren Henderson and Matt Mitchell

Read "Neta Raanan, Avery Sharpe, Lauren Henderson and Matt Mitchell" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


New music from sax innovator Neta Raanan, National Symphony Orchestra composer in residence Carlos Simon, healing music from Esperanza Spalding, and the latest from Pi recording artist Matt Mitchell.Playlist Caroline Davis “Cover Up (feat. Jen Shyu)" from Portals Volume 2 Returning (Intakt) 0:00 Philip Weberndoerfer “My Ideal" from Tides (Shifting Paradigm) 7:53 Neta Raanan ...

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Article: Album Review

Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri: Oedipe Redux

Read "Oedipe Redux" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Pur se da venticinque anni residente negli U.S.A., il pianista Lucian Ban non ha mai smesso di coltivare le sue radici rumene, che spesso anzi caratterizzano sottilmente la sua prolifica produzione artistica. In particolare, assieme al violista Mat Maneri --con il quale collabora assai spesso, contribuendo recentemente al suo album Ash --ha più volte proposto apprezzati ...


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