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Article: Live Review

OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival: Shenzhen, China, October 8-23, 2012

by Ian Patterson
November 20, 2012

OCT-LOFT Jazz FestivalShenzhen, ChinaOctober 8-23, 2012The OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, in Shenzhen, Gaungdong Province, is one of the youngest jazz festivals in China, yet in just two editions it has already established itself as one of the best. Financially, it can't compete with the Shanghai Jazz Festival, which for its 2012 edition attracted renowned ...

Article: Album Review

Sizhukong: Sizhukong: Spin

Read "Sizhukong: Spin" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 30, 2012

Taiwanese band Sizhukong has come a long way in five years since its debut recording, Sizhukong (Sizhukong Music, 2007). Blending jazz idioms with traditional Taiwanese/Chinese folk music, that record announced the arrival of a unique Asian ensemble, whose exciting, highly lyrical playing sounded not just newly minted, but newly conceived. Pianist/leader Yuwen Peng had recently graduated ...