Asian Connection Featuring Michael Simon at TaiChung Jazz Festival

Asian Connection is Michael’s second cd-recording hosted by the premier jazz club and epicenter for jazz and world music in Kuala Lumpur, the No Black Tie. A top notch rhythm section of emerging and established Asian artists comprising of Sri Hanuraga (Indonesia) on piano, Ikeda Kinya (Japan) on bass and Lewis Pragasam (Malaysia) on drums form the base.

Saxophonist Minyen Hsieh, one of the most active saxophonist in Taiwan, and the Chinese ethnic sound of the pipa by Tsai Hauyi will spice up the overall sound of this group. Compositions and arrangements are expected to be penned by Michael Simon, Minyen Hsieh and Sri Hanuraga...

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Asian Connection is Michael’s second cd-recording hosted by the premier jazz club and epicenter for jazz and world music in Kuala Lumpur, the No Black Tie. A top notch rhythm section of emerging and established Asian artists comprising of Sri Hanuraga (Indonesia) on piano, Ikeda Kinya (Japan) on bass and Lewis Pragasam (Malaysia) on drums form the base.

Saxophonist Minyen Hsieh, one of the most active saxophonist in Taiwan, and the Chinese ethnic sound of the pipa by Tsai Hauyi will spice up the overall sound of this group. Compositions and arrangements are expected to be penned by Michael Simon, Minyen Hsieh and Sri Hanuraga. Their challenge is to incorporate the pipa into the sound of a jazz combo and to make music that seamlessly fuses the east with the west, the traditional with the new.

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