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2015 Guangzhou Jazz Festival

The 2015 “Guangzhou Jazz Festival” was held in the “Er Sha Music Island” Xinghai Concert Hall on the banks of the Pearl River in downtown Guangzhou from October 22 to 30, 2015. It will be the dazzling of the grandest jazz carnival in Guangzhou. The 2015 "Guangzhou Jazz Festival" has a strong overall lineup, with over 40 high-level performance exchanges coming! PLA escorts the entire 2015 Guangzhou Jazz Festival! Xiaobian has been hitting live reports for you.

Grammy's big gun shines at the jazz festival. Two jazz gems from the United States, who won the highest honor in the music industry, will be on the Guangzhou stage for the first time, bringing two "Grammy" night"!

Victor Wooten

The appearance of Victor Wooten was named one of the top ten bass players by Rolling Stone magazine. He is not only a bass player, but also a composer, writer, and music producer. He has won the Grammy Award five times and won the annual Bass Player Award in the Bass Player magazine three times – this is also the award. The highest number of times! Wootton and his jazz trio will bring the endless bass skills to the Guangzhou audience. There have been music reviews like this: "The strings and fingers are the only ones that have Victor Wootton." In this concert, Wootton will bring his peak work as a grandfather.

Dee Dee Bridgewater

In 1998, Dee Dee Bridgewater, the American jazz queen, became the best female singer of the Grammy Awards with the album Dear Ella dedicated to the jazz generation daughter Ella Fitzgerald, and she became a jazz queen. It is also one of the first people to inherit the fine singing tradition of jazz and to create a higher situation. The complete and rich jazz qualifications and the solid foundation of the integration of various characteristics have made her shine in the singing career for many years. The splendid spark of continuous cooperation with contemporary musicians has made Didi not only the box office winners of the world, but also the most popular singers for the jazz magazines of various countries. During the multi-music interpretation of the classic and new music festivals, the series of different styles will present a diverse jazz color, let the audience feast their ears and enjoy the music trends from all over the world.

“Meet In Canada” Series

The saxophone master Yannick Reyo, who is known as the "Canada National Treasure", will lead the "Meet In Canada" series with his jazz quartet, bringing original, unique and diverse performance styles to the audience.

Yannick was voted one of the top 20 most talented saxophone players in the world by the international authoritative jazz magazine "Down Beat" and won the 18th Oscar Peterson Award from the 10th Montreal International Jazz Festival. In recognition of his superb quality of music and his outstanding contribution to the development of Canadian jazz music.

It is worth mentioning that Yannick's desire for Chinese music love and exploration has enriched his creative power. His music blends the rhythm of Chinese national customs and becomes a unique landscape in jazz.

In the dazzling "Jazz World Cup" theme series, the multicultural background of the Aji Princess Band has injected new meaning into jazz, combining European jazz and various musical forms such as Bali, India and South Africa. The far-reaching traditional music refines the unique style, creating a surprising and impressive distinctive feature that will showcase the power of sound exploration, composition and improvisation.

In addition, there is the "Infinity" Evravia piano quintet from Canada, the inspirational French super dog quartet, the galloping Argentina Golden Age Tango ensemble, the Italian female voices and trio with folk elements. There will be an extraordinary international music scene for the audience during the festival. Born in Guangzhou! The local jazz power show that this festival will invite 6 famous jazz musicians born in Guangzhou and active in the domestic and international music industry to return to their hometown and bring "Born in Guangzhou" concerts to you at Xinghai Concert Hall. Show their outstanding jazz talent!

Dr. Wang Cong has always been the backbone of local jazz. As a versatile singer, she has performed many jazz concerts at Xinghai Concert Hall. She is also the most popular local jazz singer in the 2014 Xinghai Jazz Festival. A special concert was held at this festival.

Erica Lee ,Lendsey, Shilei Chang

Erica Lee learns classical origins, and she will bring unique performances of oriental and western, avant-garde and classical blending;
She has been influenced by black music style since childhood, will perform well in Black and R.

Jonas Seetoh, Jie Lee

Jie Lee, a singer with a wide range of sounds and a rich and warm voice, will use her passion to sing to infect the audience;
There are only a handful of professional jazz singers and songwriters in China, Jonas Seetoh, who have a rare white soul sound line. Whether it is in the winter bed or in the spacious concert hall, you will immediately fall in love with this voice.

The final finale of the festival will be the "Chinese rock pioneer" Cui Jian and his band, as well as the toy captain band with the tide of South Australia Island, together to bring the most explosive and influential "peak of the night" to the Guangzhou audience. !

Cui Jian seems to be a musical genius born for Chinese rock music! He is a guitarist, trumpeter, singer and composer. Because of his special status in Chinese music, he has long been regarded as a cultural icon of China and a contemporary Chinese idol. It is also because of his promotion that Chinese talents have been in contact with and widely absorbed European and American rock music since the 1980s. His lyrics are super-condensed verses that sing emotions, dreams and frustrations.

Cui Jian's help to inject a dazzling rock color into the 2015 “Guangzhou Jazz Festival”. This will be a very influential performance, and will be the most shocking music scene of this year's "Guangzhou Jazz Festival"!