Summer jazz festival brings ‘cool jazz’ to Taiwan

Summer jazz festival brings ‘cool jazz’ to Taiwan

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The annual National Theater and Concert Hall Summer Jazz Festival will kick off in August. "Sounds Cool!" is this year’s theme, which is inspired by cool jazz and the spirit of legendary American trumpeter Miles Davis. FTV reporter Stephany Yang has the highlights!

Vocalist Lo Yen-ting take the stage joined by Rich Huang, Stacey Wei, Toru Hayakawa and Tseng Yi-tseng. Lo will perform a series of original works inspired by landforms.

Lo Yen-ting
Vocalist
In my concert, I will do something very personal. It will be very contemporary sounds, combining with world music and folk music. It might not be the traditional jazz that you might expect, but I hope everyone can come and keep an open mind and experience how I describe how I see in these outdoor scenes with my music.

The annual National Theater and Concert Hall Summer Jazz Festival’s is back under the theme, "Sounds Cool!" It was inspired by Cool Jazz and the spirit of legendary trumpeter Miles Davis. One of the musicians will be Grammy-nominated Fred Hersch, whose piano trio pays tribute to Miles Davis.

Stacey Wei
Curator and trumpeter
In the 50s, jazz had different styles like cool jazz and hard bop and bebop and even Latin jazz. This time the NTCH Jazz project this summer, we will bring cool jazz style to the audience. The band has a 12-piece band, so it is a pretty large band. We have trumpet, we have trombone, and saxophone. This year, we picked up the theme of cool jazz so if you think about cool jazz, the first musician you will think of is of course Miles Davis.

Other highlights include a concert by Cécile McLorin Salvant, a three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist. The festival will feature performances by Grammy Award-winning jazz stars from Taiwan and abroad.

Liu Yi-ruu
NTCH general and artistic director
Most of the jazz musicians we invited have won multiple Grammy Awards or received Grammy nominations. We have Fred Hersch performing jazz piano, and a female vocalist, Cécile. We aim to bring the world’s finest jazz musicians to Taiwan to perform. At the same time, we strive to systematically introduce jazz-related elements — whether it’s historical background or musical styles — to Taiwanese audiences through this jazz festival. This year, we focus on cool jazz.

In addition, there will be outdoor jazz parties and educational workshops. The annual National Theater and Concert Hall Summer Jazz Festival will take place from Aug. 9 to Aug. 30.

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#jazz #jazzconcert #NTCHSummerJazzFestival #兩廳院夏日爵士 #soundscool #爵士 #國家兩廳院 #grammy #FredHersch #milesdavis #CécileMcLorinSalvant

台灣年度爵士盛會「兩廳院夏日爵士」8/9-8/30登場

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台灣年度爵士盛會「兩廳院夏日爵士」，將於8月9日至8月30日登場!音樂節的靈感源自於酷炫爵士樂和傳奇小號手邁爾士•戴維斯的精神。一起來看看!

爵士歌手羅妍婷攜手黃瑞豐、魏廣晧、早川徹及曾增譯登台演出。羅妍婷將在「兩廳院夏日爵士」演出以音樂譜出地景的原創作品。

[[爵士歌手羅妍婷]]
"在我的演出中，我會有一些非常個人化的部分，以極具當代感的聲音，融合世界音樂和民謠，那或許不像你心中的傳統爵士樂，但我希望每個人都能以開放的心態，來欣賞我如何用音樂，來描繪我在這些戶外場景中所看到的景象。"

一年一度的「兩廳院夏日爵士」今年以「Sounds Cool!」為主題。音樂節的靈感來自於酷派爵士樂和傳奇小號手邁爾斯•戴維斯。曾獲葛萊美獎多次提名的弗萊德．赫許將擔任音樂節的演奏者之一，他的鋼琴三重奏將向邁爾斯•戴維斯致敬。

[[策展人魏廣晧]
"50年代的爵士樂風格多樣，包括酷派爵士、硬咆勃、咆勃爵士樂，甚至拉丁爵士。兩廳院夏日爵士今年夏天的演出，我們將為觀眾帶來酷派爵士風格。樂隊由12人組成，有小號、長號和薩克斯風。今年，我們選擇了酷派爵士的主題。說到酷派爵士你首先想到的音樂家肯定是邁爾士•戴維斯。"

其他備受關注的，還有三屆格萊美獎得主爵士歌手后瑟希兒．邁可羅恩的演出。這次活動也邀請來自海內外的葛萊美獎得主爵士樂明星同台獻藝。

[[兩廳院藝術總監劉怡汝]]
“邀來的爵士音樂家們大部分都得了非常多的葛萊美獎，或是萊美獎提名，有弗萊德・赫許爵士鋼琴演出，還有我們有女生的歌手瑟希兒・邁可羅恩。一個宗旨就是，我們想要找到世界上最好的爵士音樂家，有機會到台灣來台灣演出，同時，我們有一個想法，透過這樣子的爵士音樂節可以把跟爵士相關的，不管是歷史背景，或是音樂的流派，能夠系統性的介紹給我們台灣的觀眾，今年走到了酷爵士。

此外，「兩廳院夏日爵士」還將舉辦戶外爵士樂派對和工作坊。這個年度爵士盛會將自8月9日持續到8月30日。

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