Originally from Montreal, Rick Rosato moved to New York City in 2007 to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He quickly became one of the most in-demand jazz bassists and has been maintaining an international performance schedule since. In 2010, he...
Pianist Aaron Parks (born Oct 7, 1983) released his Blue Note debut “Invisible Cinema” at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as “a new visionary.” The...
Jun Xiao, Chinese jazz guitarist, composer, endorser of Mono, Gearxxx and D’Addario. Influenced by a diverse musical culture, he has developed a unique musical style with a rich sense of narrative through his forward-thinking musical ideas. In years of his professional career, Xiao has inadvertently...
An Yu is a Chinese jazz drummer, educator and drummer of the Mandarin Band. After graduation from Nine Beats Music Art Training School, he was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2013 majoring Popular Percussion. Then he went to the Royal Conservatory of...
INNOUT is a conceptual music duo initiated in 2018 by guitarist and composer, Xiao Jun, and jazz drummer, An Yu. INNOUT's music extracts the improvisation and dancing elements of jazz music, which organically blends and amplifies the sound design and 44 rhythms of electronic music,...
Huan Qing grew up in the Sanxia belt, Bayu region of the mountainous metropolis Chongqing. He has lived in Chengdu, Dali, and now is based in Xishuangbanna. In 1997, he founded the avant-garde band “The Other Two Comrades.” For decades he has been engaged in...
Li Daiguo is a prominent figure in China’s experimental, world, and new music communities. Born in 1981 in Oklahoma, USA, to Chinese/Taiwanese parents, Li Daiguo received training in music from childhood on a variety of instruments in various styles, including western classical music and bluegrass (violin,...
An award-winning Guqin player who began her training at the age of nine, Wu Na entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1997 where she majored in Guqin. In 2004, she became the first musician in China to receive a Master's degree in...