中国拉丁爵士乐奏响林肯中心玫瑰剧场

【侨报纽约讯】在林肯中心爵士乐团第35个音乐季的开幕演出期间,著名华人爵士钢琴家刘东风受爵士大师温顿·马萨利斯(Wynton Marsalis)的邀请,带领刘东风爵士乐团在林肯中心玫瑰剧场演出。这也是中国爵士乐团首次亮相林肯中心。

当晚开幕季演出中,爵士乐大师马萨利斯和他所创办的林肯中心爵士乐团进行了“上海组曲”的首演。而刘东风爵士乐团则在“上海组曲”的演出之前和中场,在主剧场旁边的中庭舞台给观众带来了融合中国古乐等多首原创乐曲的拉丁爵士。

当晚刘东风爵士乐团阵容包括屡获格莱美奖的贝斯大师John Benitez、斩获十八届格莱美打击乐大奖的Roberto Quinteno、著名拉丁爵士鼓手Francis Benitez,以及旅美青年胡琴演奏家杨飞飞、古筝演奏家孙薇、琵琶演奏家范琛等。乐团演奏了拉丁爵士版的《茉莉花》、《高山流水》、《赛马》等中国古曲与拉丁音乐的融合作品。

整场音乐会全部曲目由刘东风原创及精心改编创作,演出现场气氛让到场的资深爵士乐迷与每位嘉宾感到惊喜,很多观众表示以前从未听过如此有创意的爵士乐风格,今后会持续关注中国音乐家的爵士乐。

刘东风是格莱美及拉丁格莱美奖双任评委,著名格莱美唱片厂牌Zoho Music签约艺术家。他多年来致力于拉丁爵士乐与中国音乐融合,独树一帜、大胆创新,让中国的爵士音乐走向国际舞台。

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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。

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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。

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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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