Results for "Tim Lin"

Kenny Garrett, George Colligan & Tim Lin

by Joe Dimino
November 20, 2022

To commemorate our 777th Episode of Neon Jazz, we profile up and coming saxophonist in Tim Lin with music from his debut release Romance in Formosa. We follow that up with another musician with Taiwanese roots in pianist Jo-Yu Chen. From there, we explore a host of new music from Jakob Dreyer, Gentiane MG, Aimee Allen ...

T.S. Monk, Grant Stewart & Theo Croker

by Joe Dimino
August 14, 2022

Innovative trumpeter Theo Croker begins the 764th Episode of Neon Jazz with a song off his album Love Quantum. The theme of the hour is modern jazz released in 2022. We also hear new material from T.S. Monk off his first live album and feature Dan Olivo, Steve Hudson, Tim Lin and Steve Knight. Listen in ...

Tim Lin

Born and raised in a small suburban town called Fremont, California, Tim Lin is a Taiwanese-American jazz talent whose progressive sound comes from his love of the bebop jazz tradition and history.

In his youth, Tim studied with bay area saxophonist and educator Dann Zinn. Guided by Zinn's inspirational teaching for developing craftsmanship of daily practice, Tim discovered his passion for jazz and calling to become a musician.

Soon after, Tim received a scholarship to study with the world-renowned jazz recording artist Bob Sheppard at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

Bastet: Eye of Ra

by Dave Wayne
September 21, 2015

Billing themselves as “original modern West Coast Jazz," I half- hoped to see Shelly Manne and Bud Shank pop up amongst the credits on Bastet's debut album Eye of Ra. Alas, the music of this Bay Area-based quartet apparently has very little to do with the Los Angeles- based West Coast jazz scene that spawned such ...