Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra - Celebrates "shrimp Tale" Debut cd at Feinstein's At Vitello's

“Alan is bringing a set of sounds that haven’t been heard before in an L.A. big band.” — Rick Baptist (DownBeat Magazine)

Composer and arranger Alan Chan’s compositions for Jazz big band demonstrate his creative approach across musical genres, with a touch of wittiness and humor. His 17-piece Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra (ACJO) was founded in 2011 and is comprised of first call musicians in Los Angeles.

In April 2013, ACJO launched a fan-funded recording project. A total of nine pieces, with 60 minutes of music, was recorded with a team of 30 musicians and engineers at the Bridge Recording in Glendale, California. The “Rancho Calveras” EP was subsequently released in October 2013 and their full album “Shrimp Tale” is scheduled to be released on July 15th, 2014....

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“Alan is bringing a set of sounds that haven’t been heard before in an L.A. big band.” — Rick Baptist (DownBeat Magazine)

Composer and arranger Alan Chan’s compositions for Jazz big band demonstrate his creative approach across musical genres, with a touch of wittiness and humor. His 17-piece Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra (ACJO) was founded in 2011 and is comprised of first call musicians in Los Angeles.

In April 2013, ACJO launched a fan-funded recording project. A total of nine pieces, with 60 minutes of music, was recorded with a team of 30 musicians and engineers at the Bridge Recording in Glendale, California. The “Rancho Calveras” EP was subsequently released in October 2013 and their full album “Shrimp Tale” is scheduled to be released on July 15th, 2014.

The DownBeat Magazine (February 2014 issue) recently published an article on Alan’s music, written by renowned jazz critic Kirk Silsbee.

“Chan has given Los Angeles a jazz big band with an utterly unique tonal personality.” — Kirk Silsbee

Winner of the 2011 ArtEZ International Jazz Composition Contest in the Netherlands, Alan has received awards and recognitions fro ASCAP, Percussive Arts Society and New Music USA, among others. Orchestras and ensembles that have presented his works have included Grammy-nominated Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Millennium Jazz Orchestra (the Netherlands), Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Percussion and La Jolla Symphony, at venues such as Taiwan National Concert Hall and the Stone NYC.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alan was classically trained and began his formal music studies in universities in the U.S. under the direction of contemporary composers such as Chen Yi and Donald Crockett. With jazz educator Shelly Berg’s encouragement, he began to write compositions for big band and studied jazz composition with Grammy winner Vince Mendoza and later with Jim McNeely, who fanned his flame of desire to create a body of work for big band.

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