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In the 1920s, jazz was alive and swinging in the cabarets and nightclubs of Shanghai where American big band sounds melded with Chinese folk melodies.
The love of jazz and a mutual interest in the melding of musical languages led to the first presentation of Jasmine Jazz in Vancouver in 2014 featuring Jirong Huang on erhu, Sarah Yusha Tan on guzheng and Zhongxi Wu on sheng and suona with Arnt Arntzen on banjo and vocals, Jodi Proznick on bass and Bruce Henczel on percussion. Since then, the Ensemble has returned again and again to this unusual and exquisite interplay between traditional Chinese and jazz instruments. And each time, the music has grown in depth and scope.
In 2022, Jasmine Jazz features the same three musicians of the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble with some of the city’s finest jazz musicians and composers: Jodi Proznick on bass, Bill Coon on guitar and James Danderfer on clarinets.
Jasmine Jazz is about musical conversations, an east meets west experience, full of beauty, harmony and mutual respect. The repertoire is a beautiful mix of songs pulled from jazz and traditional Chinese folk music and original composition by members of the ensemble.
It is with pleasure we present to you the first recording of Jasmine Jazz on planet Earth.

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released February 3, 2023

Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble:
Jirong Huang, erhu
Sarah Yusha Tan, guzheng
Zhongxi Wu, suona

Jodi Proznick Trio:
Jodi Proznick, bass
Bill Coon, guitar
James Danderfer, clarinet, bass clarinet

Guest Artist:
Liam Macdonald, percussion

Recording Engineer: Sheldon Zaharko/ Zed Productions
Mastering: Chris Gestrin
Artwork: John Endo Greenaway/ BigWaveDesign
Photography: Michele Mateus
Jasmine Jazz was recorded at the Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, BC on July 6 and 7, 2021.

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Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble Vancouver, British Columbia

Formed in 1989, the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble is the first professional Chinese music organization established in Canada. The Ensemble are highly accomplished instrumentalists who combine technical mastery with a passionate approach to music. Based in Vancouver, BC, they continue to inspire contemporary compositions and interdisciplinary projects for Chinese instruments in Canada.
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