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“JAZZ IN CHINA: SEESAW” Project R Season Two @ ROOTS HOUSE- Nanshan
September 19, 2022 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Jazz is a free-flowing river, and no other genre of music can match it. In its 100-year history, with the continuous migration of people and the in-depth integration of humanities, jazz has become the most vital mobile symbol in music culture, and its integration towards the world has never stopped.
When jazz entered China, how did it really take root and popularize and localize it? Under the completely different bases of traditional Chinese musical instruments and Western musical instruments, how can they blend into their own soil? The answers to all these questions have been explored and searched for by generations of Chinese jazz musicians. The main line of the story of the second season of Plan R, we will explore how Chinese musicians integrate traditional native instruments into jazz after jazz enters China along the way. The guest band of the first phase of Oriental Guest is the SEESAW Fusion Jazz Orchestra led by Chinese keyboard musician Feng Wei. During the two-day performance, the audience will perform their original jazz repertoire with oriental colors.
11/19 & 11/20
Sat & Sun
21:00-23:00
S2. V1
Jazz Selected R Program
second season
oriental visitor
“Oriental Jazz JAZZ IN CHINA”
Music is like life, colorful. We love traditional music, we love jazz music. Music knows no borders, love knows no borders. We enjoy the process of expressing jazz and traditional Chinese music elements together. Shenzhen friends, see you at ROOTS HOUSE in November
– SEESAW Fusion Jazz Ensemble, R Plan S2. V1
R story
The Jazz Selection R Program is a high-standard performance brand that represents the professional level of jazz music and is planned and initiated by ROOTS MUSIC and FENNESSY. Project R will continue to plan performances for themed seasons such as jazz specials, classical jazz, movie soundtracks under jazz, character tributes, and city impressions around the dimensions of jazz genre, history, and influence on the development of modern music.
Every season and every issue, senior jazz musicians from home and abroad will be invited, and the high-standard performance lineup will portray a clear impression of the history of jazz development and a professional and excellent live jazz experience for the audience.
In the future, we will take the stage in different scenes, stages and cities to explore all the possibilities of jazz, and we will strive to build a leading brand of jazz performance highland
Ticketing
Note: Please notify us with your booking and reserve seats asap. We willallocate your seats based on when the tickets are purchased since we only have a limited number of seats, so you may have to sit with someone else.Early Bird RMB 160(Limited: 10, on Wechat Official Account)Pre-sale Ticket RMB 180 (Limited amount)Live Ticket/At-the-door RMB 200(Designated seats, only after pre-sales have sold out)Standing Tickets RMB 220(Limited based on Availability)Set Tickets RMB 300(For both sets, Limited: 10, on Wechat Official Account) Seats SelectionAt-The-Bar RMB 160 (Limited: 4)On-The-Sofa RMB 220 (Limited: 10, For 2 & More)
Repertoire (original)
Tree
race
dawn
Big City
made in China
Crescent Moon Five
miss
Cold Brew
Struggle
my happiness and sadness
All performances will be subject to the scene
SEESAW Fusion Jazz Orchestra
band members
keyboard feng wei
Director of Jazz Society of China Musicians Association
Compose, arrange
performance experience
In 2008 , he developed a strong interest in jazz and formed his own jazz band in Tianjin: Weili Trio
In March 2010, he completed the “Swing 5” concert with Chester, a geek musician from Canada, at the Tianjin West Coast Art Museum.
In 2011 completed the famous American singer Tami Andrews Tianjin concert
In September 2012, completed the closing performance of the China International Flute Art Festival with the American jazz master Jim Walker at the Beijing Concert Hall
In 2013, he participated in the Beijing Forest Big Band as a pianist
In 2014, he participated in nearly 100 performances of the musical “Shanghai Bund”
In 2015, he participated in the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater’s “Playing the Piano and Saying Love” Shougang Concert
In 2016, he participated in nearly 100 tour performances of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe’s large-scale music festival “The Voice of the East”
2017 “LALALAND Philharmonic City” movie soundtrack audio-visual large-scale symphony concert Beijing Railway Station, Great Hall of the People, as pianist
In 2017, for the micro-film “Jazz Boy” soundtrack interlude and ending theme
In 2017, he led his original fusion jazz band SEESAW Jazz Quartet to participate in the 10th “Heart and Sing” Music Festival in Egypt and performed on the same stage with delegations from more than 20 countries
In 2018, he participated in the Beijing concert of “China’s Three Tenors” as a keyboard player
In 2018, he participated in the recording of “China Band” as the keyboard player of the MR.MISS band
In 2019, he participated in the recording of the “Summer of the Band” program and served as the keyboard player of the MR.MISS band
Participate in Taichung Music Festival in 2019
In June 2020, his band albums “SEESAW Jazz Quartet” and “Yao Zhu/Feng Wei” will be released online globally
percussion happy
Famous Chinese percussion drummer, percussionist and percussion lecturer
LP percussion, VIC FIRTH drum stick, ISTANBUL AGOP cymbal international spokesperson
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1998-2000 Graduated from Beijing Midi Music School, majoring in jazz and drums, under the tutelage of Izumi Koga Koga Izumi
From 2002 to 2006, he entered the Department of Music of the Cuban Higher Academy of Arts to study modern percussion and Cuban national percussion. During this period, he played with the famous Cuban band Los Van Van, who won the Latin Grammy Award. Participated in a number of large-scale international cultural events such as the Santiago de Cuba City International Music Festival
Since returning to China in 2006, he has participated in the Shanghai International Percussion Festival, the Shanghai International Jazz Festival, the Jiumen International Jazz Festival and the Beijing International Drummer Festival. He has been arranging and performing percussion for many large-scale music events and TV programs. Complete concerts and other activities
2008-2011 Became spokesperson for REMO
In 2011, together with Song Liang, Sheng Zhi and Liu Dongfeng, they formed China’s first Latin jazz band, LOS AMIGOS. He is currently teaching in the Jazz Department of Beijing Contemporary Music Academy and the Midi School of Music. Participated in the recording of CCTV “Dream Star Partner”, BTV “Crossover Singer King”, MANGOTV “I Am a Singer”, “I Want to Sing with You”, cooperating artists: Cui Jian, Han Hong, Sha Baoliang, Yu Quan, Na Ying and Li Yuchun, etc.
In June 2014, he became the international spokesperson of LP percussion
In November 2014, he became the international spokesperson of VIC FIRTH drum sticks
In 2019, he became the international spokesperson of ISTANBUL AGOP cymbals
Erhu Huang Yaqiong
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Graduated from the Folk Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in Erhu. He has set up a world folk music group and participated in cultural exchange activities in the embassies of Finland, Greece, Chile, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other countries. Performed with the Central Chinese Orchestra, China Radio Chinese Orchestra, China Opera and Dance Theater, etc.
In 2016, participated in the UCCA Rauschenberg Art Exhibition and the Improvisation Workshop with the Lincoln Center Jazz Big Band and began to learn jazz
In 2017, he joined the SEESAW Jazz Quartet. In the same year, he participated in the 10th International Soul and Singing Music Festival in Egypt as a Chinese delegation.
In 2018, he went to Crete, Greece for academic exchange, and was invited to give a special lecture and exchange performance on Erhu at the local music academy
In 2018-2019, he was invited to be a guest erhu player of CUG JAZZ ORCHESTRA in Japan.
Recording of SEESAW’s first album “Dawn” in 2020
In 2021, she will be active with the band in various jazz performances, music festivals and original band program recording, and start her own original music creation
Guitar Li Weile
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He is a gifted jazz guitarist with extensive performance experience in various Livehouses in Beijing. He pays attention to musical skills, flexible and changeable sound processing, and is familiar with the preparation and performance of electro-acoustic instruments. He began to frequently perform on stage and win awards in college. Since 2015, he has cooperated with musicians from all over the world to perform jazz-based, pop, soul and R&B music, showing the flexibility of melody and the flow of feelings in improvisation.
Released solo album “Blossom” in January 2019
The solo album “December” will be released in December 2021
Beth Shengzhi
bass player
Bass teacher at the School of Jazz, Beijing Contemporary Music Academy
Currently serves as bass for SEESAW and Los Amigos
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He is good at a variety of music styles, and has formed and participated in many different styles of bands. In 2008, he formed Los Amigos with friends. In the same year, he was invited to perform on the same stage with the two-time Grammy nominated band Ochun. Since the beginning of business, the performance activities have continued, participated in major music festivals, and cooperated with many artists
In early 2002, he formed the Motif Jazz Trio, and participated in the recording of the “Charm 12” program of CCTV Channel 12 for many times.
In 2003, he participated in the Beijing Modern Music Festival held in the Great Hall of the People, and graduated from the Beijing Modern Music Academy with honors in the same year.
Since 2004, he has been a bass teacher in the Jazz School of Beijing Modern Conservatory of Music, and formed the Red & Blue Jazz Band in the same year.
Formed rock-style band Water in 2005
In 2008, he formed the Latin-style band Los Amigos
In 2010, he served as the bass of the famous singer Li Jian’s concert in Hangzhou.
In 2011, the Latin-style Los Amigos band began to perform, and performed with American guitarist Daniel, Korean singer Park Huan, British singer Nancy and other musicians.
In 2012, Los Amigos was invited to perform on the same stage with two-time Grammy nominated band Ochun
In October 2013, he was invited to participate in the 2013 Yangtze River Midi Music Festival, and participated in the Beijing International Drummer Festival to give a special performance; in December, he was invited to participate in the Jiumen International Music Week to give a special performance.
In May 2014, he was invited to participate in the Beijing Midi Music Festival
In April 2015, he was invited to participate in the Shanghai Jazz Festival to give a special performance
In 2016, he participated in the Guinness World Records activities of Cui Jian Qianren Band, and joined the SEESAW band as bass in the same year.
In 2017, he joined the cold rhythm band and released the album in the same year
In 2018, he went on a national tour with the cold rhythm band, was invited to participate in the Ali Music Center to give a special performance and broadcast live in VR, and joined the band 30 degrees north latitude to release the album in the same year
In May 2021, he was invited to participate in the National Centre for the Performing Arts Taihu Starry Sky Jazz Festival
Since 2004, he has been active in the domestic live performance industry
Drum Chang Yichen
Jazz drummer and founder of SWG Music, Chang Yichen has been devoting himself to researching various musical styles, including Classic, Jazz, Flamenco, Latin, Funk and so on. After entering the School of Modern Music to study jazz drumming and being exposed to jazz, he began to study modern harmony theory and arrangement theory. During school, he often collaborated with different teams in various styles of music. The musicians and bands he has worked with include: Oscar Williams, John Richardson, No Can Do, JohnTrue Infinite Stretch and many more, so have their own unique insights into different music.
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