Picking up Shanghai Jazz
An episode of the Front Row podcast, hosted by BFM Media, titled "Picking up Shanghai Jazz" was published on April 3, 2015 and runs 21 minutes.
April 3, 2015 ·21m · Front Row
Episode Description
The jazz singer is asked what it means to be described as a Chinese jazz singer. Does the adjective denote her nationality of culture? She provides and answer which points out that cultural roots cannot be ignored. The air we inhale, the language we speak, the traditional music we rub against with, eventually will seep into the things we do. Chinese jazz has Chinese culture. Just as Malaysian jazz has Malaysian aesthetics.
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