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Shanghai swings and sings


Updated: 2007-09-19 09:57

"Jazz It Up" starts with a swing party, a funky jazz performance by the
Funk Unit from Sweden and Nils Landgren. Known as the "Man with the Red
Horn," Landgren has merged Swedish folk music with jazz.

The concert features joyful melodies with the company setting a dancing
beat that will invite the audiences to dance with the music.

"It is not the kind of concert where audiences sit quietly and put their
hands together at the end of the performance," saxophone player Zhang
says. "It is a party that invites everybody in, everyone should be
involved and enjoy themselves."

The experience of jazz study in Boston enriched Zhang's understanding of
jazz emotionally. "For me, playing and listening to jazz has a similar
feeling to walking in outer space," he says.

It is true that the "fun" element is probably the most fascinating part
of the music and the one that has attracted so many classical instrument
players to start to express themselves through jazz.

One great thing about jazz is that a song can be played in a different
and fresh way each time it is played. What is also great is that both the
performers and audience share the moment of creation at the same time.

"Jazz is never the same way twice. Each improvised solo is a new
composition being created right before your eyes," says Beatty. "It is
like looking over the shoulder of a painter while he paints or sitting
before the sculptor as he molds a lump of clay into a piece of art."

On the second day of the festival, a jazz trio of top pianist Michael
Kocour, celebrated double bass player Catalin Rotaru and drummer Dom Moio
will perform.

Regarded as "one of the most experienced pianists in jazz," Kocour is
active on the jazz stage around the world. Fans say he "plays with poise,
a refreshingly straight-forward attitude and his music radiates joyous
enthusiasm."

Finnish artist Pekka Pylkkanen and his Tube Factory band will give a
fresh Nordic spin to jazz.

Grammy winner Rusty Higgins, who played in the film "Chicago," will
conduct the concert with a special appearances by trombone player Beatty
and American singer Sandra Kaye.

There are few better ways to learn about details of interpretation than
to see a master lead a rehearsal and coaching session. As such, the
festival also provide six "master classes."

Shanghai Jazz Festival
Date: September 25-29, 7:30pm
Venue: He Luting Concert Hall, 20 Fenyang Rd
Tel: 1348-200-9209



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