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- The daughter of immigrants from China, Sung lacked female role models when she trained as jazz pianist, but celebrates several on her eighth album
- She talks about being an Asian-American artist and how welcoming audiences were in Taipei, where her parents spent time before moving to Texas
The history-making singer’s jazz-inspired melody Mohabbat even made it to former US president Barack Obama’s 2021 summer playlist on Instagram
The history-making singer’s jazz-inspired melody Mohabbat even made it to former US president Barack Obama’s 2021 summer playlist on Instagram
The Montreux Jazz Festival China will be staged in Hangzhou this year – the main event in Switzerland having been hit by Covid-19 restrictions – with a mission to build more ‘cultural bridges’ between East and West.
The Montreux Jazz Festival China will be staged in Hangzhou this year – the main event in Switzerland having been hit by Covid-19 restrictions – with a mission to build more ‘cultural bridges’ between East and West.
Perched on soda crates and using dining tables as music stands, a Hong Kong jazz band recently staged an enthusiastic performance at the 47-year-old Yuen Hing Lung noodle restaurant in Hong Kong. The show on a weekday evening in March 2021 was held at the 300 sq ft (28 sq metre) venue in the Sai Wan district because most of the city’s live music and entertainment have been forced to go quiet because of coronavirus restrictions.
Perched on soda crates and using dining tables as music stands, a Hong Kong jazz band recently staged an enthusiastic performance at the 47-year-old Yuen Hing Lung noodle restaurant in Hong Kong. The show on a weekday evening in March 2021 was held at the 300 sq ft (28 sq metre) venue in the Sai Wan district because most of the city’s live music and entertainment have been forced to go quiet because of coronavirus restrictions.
The roots of jazz, gospel, blues, hip hop and R&B and the social and political movements that gave them resonance are explored in the new National Museum of African American Music.
The roots of jazz, gospel, blues, hip hop and R&B and the social and political movements that gave them resonance are explored in the new National Museum of African American Music.