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Fu Yuchen Jazz Trio @ Penny Black Jazz Club – Nanshan
December 22, 2023 @ 9:30 pm – 11:59 pm
Winter is getting colder and cold snaps are coming; don’t worry, we have already cooked fragrant mulled wine and you are welcome to have a drink at any time. After a busy day, we need to soothe ourselves with music. The air is filled with the mellow aroma of mulled wine. We can sway our bodies leisurely to jazz and feel the joy of Christmas and the warmth of home.
This week, Black Stamp Jazz Club still prepares a variety of jazz performances for everyone. Here, you will find 10,000 reasons to love life.
Guests
Sax: Fu Yuchen
He is a young jazz saxophonist living in the United States and a professional teacher of jazz saxophone and trombone at the School of Modern Music and Drama of Xinghai Conservatory of Music. He serves as a saxophonist in the Caravan Band, Golden Jazz Big Band, B.G.M and other bands. His playing styles span jazz, rock, fusion, ethnic, electronic, etc., and he is active on major music stages around the world.
In 2022, he was invited to perform at the concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Netherlands. In 2023, as the second invited musician (group) from China, he and the Caravan Band appeared on the dome stage of Dubai Expo City and participated in the “Embracing China” Executive Committee organized by the Chinese Embassy in the UAE, the Chinese Consulate General in Dubai and the UAE The “Happy Spring Festival” event co-sponsored. He has been invited to attend the Bilibili New Year’s Eve Party, Hong Kong Earup Showcase, Strawberry Music Festival, Chengdu Jazz Festival, Changchun Jazz Festival, Shenzhen International Jazz Festival, Guangzhou Jazz Festival, Zhuhai Art Festival, and Zhuhai Hengqin Jazz Week many times. Huizhou Jazz Festival, Shenzhen Percussion Festival, etc. While in the United States, I attended the SATCHMO Award (Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Jazz Education and Achievement Award) awards night, Italian Cultural Center, Flushing City Hall Town Hall), Cleopatra’s Needle Jazz Club and other performances.
He studied under the Chinese jazz saxophonist Chen Jiajun, and later studied under the Grammy Best Jazz Instrumental Saxophonist Antonio Hart. In 2018, he joined the Queens College Jazz Big Band. In 2019, he studied at the Allen Copeland School of Music at Queens College, City University of New York. (Aaron Colpland School of Music, Queens College-CUNY) received a master’s degree in jazz saxophone. During school, he was taught by Tom Harrell, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Linda Oh, Michael Mossman, Paul Bollenback, Jeb Patton, Dennis Mackrel, and David Berkman. Waiting for the jazz master.
Bass: Wang Xubo
“Bass China” signed artist, jazz bass player, caravan band bassist, bass teacher at Shenzhen University and Xinghai Conservatory of Music, and cooperative artist with the bass speaker brand Hartke. In 2013, he participated in the formation of the free jazz band DLB Trio. The following year, he completed a 15-city tour plan, pioneering a domestic jazz band tour; in 2015, he released his first album “Two for the road”; in 2016, he launched the “Mountain Roar” tour plan. And completed the first Taiwan tour of the Mainland Jazz Band, and subsequently released the album “The Wave” and the commemorative album “Labor is the Most Glorious”; in 2017, it completed the “Wash, Cut and Blow” tour plan, and won the Best Band Award at the 2nd JZ Chinese Jazz Awards that year , released the album “Wash, Cut and Blow” and the singles “Tractor” and “Mahjong” the following year; in 2019, he participated in the formation of the hard pop powerhouse Five Leaders Quintet; in 2020, he formed the Shenzhen Jazz Big Band Big Beer Band and served as the conductor. And completed 9 tour plans; in 2021, he joined the Guangxi national rock group Caravan Band; in 2023, he compiled the book “Efficient Introduction to Electric Bass Training”, which was published by Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House.
Guitar: He Xicheng
Majoring in jazz guitar at the School of Modern Music and Drama, Xinghai Conservatory of Music. He studied jazz guitar performance under the guidance of jazz guitar teachers Cai Jian and Yang Jianing of Xinghai Conservatory of Music, and systematically studied jazz theory and band ensemble knowledge with Fu Yuchen and Deng Yameng. While in school, he won the professional excellence scholarship for two consecutive years and was selected into the Xinghai Conservatory of Music’s Outstanding Talent Training Program in 2022.
Drummer: Li Jiahao
Graduated from Shenzhen University Jinzhong Conservatory of Music and studied under Mr. Zhan Minghui, a famous jazz drum educator in China.
He won the gold medal in the Youth Group of the 2015 Taipei International Percussion Competition; the first place in the Youth Group of the 2016 Shenzhen International Percussion Culture Festival; and the second place in the Performer Group of the 2018 Shanghai IPEA International Percussion Competition.
Tips
- No smoking indoors (including e-cigarettes);
- BYO drinks and food are not allowed
- During a musician’s performance (whisper and say praise);
The final right of interpretation rests with the Penny Black Jazz Club
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