Author: Dongfeng Liu
著名华裔爵士音乐家刘东风结合中国古乐独创新爵士乐
东方与西方的对话 中国爵士音乐家刘东风
作为爵士钢琴家,刘东风仍始终对东方艺术抱有强烈的热爱之情。通过音乐作品在东方沉睡的文明中寻找灵魂的碰撞及文化与思想的交融。用音乐的力量跨越国界和宗教,打开了崭新的音乐艺术故事。他不仅为西方爵士音乐带来了新的观众,也成为当代爵士音乐家创作灵感的阿波罗。开创了拉丁爵士音乐融合中国古典音乐的新曲风。
中国爵士音乐家刘东风 膺格莱美评委
劉東風憑藉執著和熱愛，填補了中國音樂的空白，成為「中國爵士樂」的先行者。 今年以「首位中國爵士音樂家」的身分取得葛萊美獎評委的席位，並將中國爵士樂推向國際，開創嶄新的音樂道路。
Downbeat News–Dongfeng Liu Ties Together Disparate Strands of Music
Dongfeng Liu was born and raised in China, but always felt a deep affinity for the music of the Caribbean. On the 38-year-old pianist’s sophomore album, China Caribe (Zoho), he explores that connection in a way that perhaps no artist has before.
Fusing Chinese melodies with jazz harmonies and Latin rhythms, Liu, who wrote every song on the record, has produced a kaleidoscopic work that is global in scope, but also very much a personal document of his own interests as a musician. And the instrumentation is as varied as the source material.
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旅美爵士钢琴家刘东风荣任格莱美奖评委
近日，继美国纽约卡内基音乐厅成功发布专辑《CHINA CARIBE》音乐会后，旅美爵士钢琴家、拉丁钢琴家刘东风出任2019年第61届格莱美奖评委，是格莱美奖(Grammy Awards)评委中为数不多的中国音乐家，同时也是首位进入格莱美奖评委领域的华人爵士音乐家,他将引领中国爵士音乐走进格莱美。获得格莱美奖评委资格需要严谨而漫长的审核，不是每一位会员都可以获得评委资格。格莱美奖的评审会由制作人、乐器演奏家、作曲家等资深音乐从业者组成。高度体现了格莱美奖专业、严谨、公正的精神。
Jazz Espresso by Melanie Futorian
On a warm September evening, Chinese born, New York based pianist, composer, arranger Dongfeng Liu's music graces a most prestigious stage at Carnegie Hall.
New York Lounge
Zoho Rising: Jazz Label as Creative Force | The Deep End by Marc Phillips
Zoho Music is a record label that you’ve never heard of. Which isn’t surprising. But it is a shame.
Think about the numerous Golden Ages of Jazz and you’ll invariably start mentioning all the innovative artists who propelled the genre into musical history. Any mention of famous record labels becomes almost secondary—Miles Davis delving into modal jazz in the Columbia Studios, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder sitting in the Blue Note studios and making sure all those classic recordings sounded just so. Think about Riverside’s relationship with Thelonious Monk and how John Coltrane put Impulse! on the map right from their inception. Think about Mingus and Atlantic, Verve and Herbie Hancock, and Savoy and Bird. Those were the days, right?
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Ringer of the week ,Jazz Weekly by George W Harris
Pianist and composer Dongfeng Liu does an adept job at mixing flavors and sounds from his native China with Caribbean grooves and jazz concepts on this wide ranging album. The core team of John Benitez/b, Roberto Quintero/perc, Francis Benitez/dr deliver rich and creative material such as
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