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| 1. | Introduction
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| 2. | Tears from the Heavenly Gate
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| 3. | Great Wall/Gold Mountain
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| 4. | I Feel the Thunder in My Heart
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| 5. | Come Sunday, June 4 1989
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| 6. | Fifth Modernization
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| 7. | Butterfly Lovers Song
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Jazz / World Fusion, Modern Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band
Jon Jang Producer, Piano, Soloist
Anthony Brown Percussion
Francis Wong Soloist, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Francisco Garcia Photography
Gennaro Carone Mastering
Giovanni Bonandrini Executive Producer
Gregory Kuhn Sound Consultant
James Newton Soloist, Flute
Jeff Cressman Soloist, Trombone
Jim Dean Engineer
Jim Norton Flute (Alto), E Flat Clarinet, Soloist, Librarian, Clarinet (Bass), Clarinet, Copyist
John L. Worley, Jr. Trumpet, Soloist, Flugelhorn
Larry Kelp Liner Notes
Leon Sun Design, Cover Design
Mark Izu Soloist, Bass
Melecio Magdaluyo Flute, Sax (Soprano), Soloist, Sax (Alto)
Zhang Yan Soloist, Guzheng
After the Tianenmen Square slaughter in China, pianist Jon Jang wrote the five-part "Tianenmen" to depict the hopes and dreams of the demonstrators, along with the sad reality. This CD has the full work, plus "Butterfly Lovers Song." Jang's adventurous music, which looks both back to the ancient past and toward the future, is expertly interpreted by his unusual group, which includes two musicians utilizing traditional Chinese instruments, flutist James Newton, three reeds, a trumpeter, a trombonist, bassist Mark Izu, percussionist Anthony Brown, and Jang's piano. Emotional and haunting music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Jon Jang
Birthday: 03/11/1954
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990,2000
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, World Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Moods: Cerebral, Complex, Passionate, Gentle, Sophisticated
A co-founder of the Asian Improv Records label, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Jon Jang has helped revitalize the jazz music scene in San Francisco's Bay Area since the late '80s. The L.A.-born musician grew up in Palo Alto, CA and didn't begin learning the piano until he was 19, then studied piano performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he received his degree in 1978. Jang has led groups including a sextet (Two Flowers on a Stem, 1996), an octet (The Immigrant Suite Number 1, 1997) and the Pan Asian Arkestra, which has two albums from the early '90s, including Tiananmen!. All of the records by these groups came out on the Italian label Soul Note, but Jang has also recorded for the RPM label in the early '80s and his own Asian Improv Records (AIR). AIR was co-founded by Chinese-American Jang and Francis Wong in 1987. In addition to releasing numerous important works by Asian American jazz musicians, the label and its founders are also very active in the Asian American community of the Bay Area. His bands have included such acclaimed musicians as James Newton, David Murray, Max Roach and Chen Jiebing, and have appeared at jazz festivals in North America, Europe and South Africa. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Ensemble and the Kronos Quartet. As a composer, Jon Jang has been commissioned by Kronos Quartet, the NEA, Cal Performances, Rockefeller Foundation and more. He has also composed scores for theater and film, including the 1994 dramatic adaptation of Maxine Hong Kingston's -The Woman Warrior by Deborah Ragin and the late '90s road documentary by Renee Tajima, My America... or Honk If You Love Buddha. Music by Jang has also accompanied the Pearl Ubungen Dancers and performance artists such as Kelvin Han Yee and David Mura. Jon Jang is the recipient of several ASCAP awards and has served on panels for Arts International and the NEA, as artistic advisor for cultural series, and as visiting lecturer at UCal-Irvine and Berkeley.
---Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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