Jazz performance by Vincent Hsu focuses on changeBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAA performance video featuring jazz bassist Vincent Hsu (徐崇育) and his ensemble, Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band, premiered on Facebook on Friday. The performance was the result of a collaboration between the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in New York and the Rhode Island-based organizer FirstWorks. Jazz bassist Vincent Hsu holds an award trophy and jumps to celebrate winning at the Golden Bell Awards in Taipei on Sept. 19 last year. Photo: CNAThe performance, titled “Jazz Changed, Jazz Changes, Jazz Changin’,” aims to show that jazz is alive and well beyond its birthplace, and as suggested by the title, shows how the genre is always evolving, the organizer said. Hsu has been heavily influenced by New York’s Spanish Harlem, where he launched his music career, and his music brings together elements of New York jazz, Latin music, African polyrhythms and Taiwanese composition.

Source: Taipei Times November 15, 2021 16:39 UTC