Results for "Jo-Yu Chen"

Jo-Yu Chen: Savage Beauty

by Angelo Leonardi
October 11, 2019

La brava pianista taiwanese allieva di Kenny Barron e Jason Moran è tornata a incidere dopo quattro anni di silenzio, confermando il suo valore e le linee di fondo della sua estetica. Anche in quest'album Jo-Yu Chen aggiunge al suo stabile trio un ospite (Mark Turner prende il posto di Kurt Rosenwinkel) e conferma la co-produzione ...

Brandee Younger, Alexi Tuomarila, Fabian Almazan & More New Jazz

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 11, 2019

From tributes to past masters to new perspectives, acoustic to electronic, the new and upcoming releases we play this week show the wide-range of today's creative scene. Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Brandee Younger “Games" Soul Awakening (Self-released) 0:17 Host talks 5:54 ...

Jo-Yu Chen: Savage Beauty

by Dan McClenaghan
May 13, 2019

The cover art of pianist Jo-Yu Chen's fourth album, Savage Beauty, is provocative and beautiful. So is the music. There is a sense of a “stepping up of the game," in terms of public persona and artistry. Chen has always taken the physical product—the hard copy of her CDs—seriously, beginning with her debut, Obsession (Sony Music ...

Stranger

By Jo-Yu Chen

Label: Okeh
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mon Cher; Wolfman; Castle; Fragments; Stranger; The Pirate; Interlude; Song for Ryder; Happy New Year; Art of Darkness; Foliage at Night.

Jo-Yu Chen: Stranger

by Angelo Leonardi
July 14, 2014

Messasi in luce qualche anno fa con due ricercati lavori in piano trio per la Sony Music (Obsession e My Incomplete Soul) la pianista taiwanese Jo-Yu Chen, allieva di Kenny Barron, Jason Moran e Sam Yahel, pubblica il suo terzo disco confermando i partner ed entrando nella sussidiaria Okeh, storica etichetta molto attenta ai giovani talenti. ...

Jo-Yu Chen: Stranger

by Dan Bilawsky
June 20, 2014

The title of pianist Jo-Yu Chen's third album refers to strangers of two different sorts: those who were once strangers but became part of Chen's life, and those who took the reverse course. Chen notes that as a Taiwanese artist living in New York, she's often felt like a stranger herself. That may be the case, ...

Jo-Yu Chen: Stranger

by Dan McClenaghan
May 20, 2014

The short version of pianist Jo-Yu Chen's biography: Born in Taiwan, started with music in the classical realm, moved to New York to study oboe and piano at Julliard School, and fell under the spell of jazz. That's not an unusual back story in the world of jazz, with the exception of her Taiwanese roots. The ...

Obsession

By Jo-Yu Chen

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Baby, You Are Fired!; Sunday Rain; Everything I Love; Waiting For The Spring Breeze; Obsession; Walking In B's Shoes; Tears; I Fall In love Too Easily; Blues Connotation; Summertime; Cry Me A River.

Incomplete Soul

By Jo-Yu Chen

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Wandering Songstress; Chess; Incomplete Soul; Improv 1; Black Forest; Love Letter; Tipsy Cat; Departure; Improv 2; Dreamer; Follow Me; Improv 3; Red Bean.

Follow Me

Featuring the music of Jo-Yu Chen
Duration: 5:11
May 8, 2012