One cool thing about the Expo so far is that different countries have been taking turns taking over the city, one week at a time. This week it’s Finland, but that’s not to say there isn’t local flavor going on at the same time.
Update: Now with the Anar Two Year Birthday Party and the Taylor Ho Bynum show, both on Sunday, in the comments. In which I take a break from writing a mind-blowing arrangement of the Love Radio 103.7 theme, with the only goal being to hip you all to this weekend’s awesomeness.
Get it! Ha ha. Anyway, I’m underwater with busy-ness, but here’s what my pick for tonight would be, as well as other news and stuff from the general Shanghai jazziverse. The rest of the picks will be up soon.
Birthdays aplenty, mutliple conflict-of-interest picks, Lions of Puxi CD release, and Imperialism and all Reactionaries are just Paper Tigers. And more.
October was the happy anniversary of the Party. To commemorate this unforgettable date and help it be a bit more unforgettable, we created a little anthology of China’s music. Check it out
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When thinking about who to choose for our first Featured Artist, of course we thought about Alec. For a minute I thought we should search a bit more, and not choose most logical option for me…the strange ways the mind (mine) works. After their last gig at JZ, on Thursday May 22nd, there are [...]