The musically provocative title of Chinese born composer and piano virtuoso Dongfeng Liu’s new album China Caribe reflects his desire to use jazz fusion as a multi-faceted tool to educate listeners about an important, all too easy to overlook historical and cultural connection between his homeland
Author: Marius
Midwest Records
Here’s a chance for gringos to open their ears wide with some world beat of a different vibe and mash up. Cuba had the biggest western population of Chinese in the 1800s and this set is a mash up of Chinese, American jazz and Latin rhythms. A mouthful, huh? Strikingly different from world jazz
Contemporary Fusion Reviews by Dick Metcalf
Culturally magnificent peerless jazz Dongfeng Liu – CHINA CARIBE: One thing this ancient listener can guarantee you – this is music that you have never heard before… Dongfeng’s piano work (in & of itself) is refreshing and full-bodied, but when he adds his high-talent, high-energy players
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Skopemag by Nick Christophers
For the past decade artists from the East have begun to gain a foothold in the States exposing their vast talents to the world. Examples of such individuals are Feifei Yang, Princess Long Long, Camilla Cheung and others. Among these talented people is another artist who dares to combine two musical
South China Morning Post by Adrian Wan
Jazz is having a hard time taking off on the mainland. Part of the problem is a lack of media coverage – the music stresses spontaneity, individuality and even humour, traits not typically celebrated by state-run television and newspapers. Authorities also oversee most major concert halls, which further limits