Jasmine Chen & Steve Sweeting - Life Is Like a Drama (Take Five) 戏说戏 скачать в хорошем качестве

Jasmine Chen & Steve Sweeting - Life Is Like a Drama (Take Five) 戏说戏

Sasa Top ---- The Color of Love by Jasmine Chen & Steve Sweeting If the US and China are looking for models of fruitful artistic collaboration, they would do well to start with The Color of Love, a smorgasbord of cultural fusion in its richest, most imaginative sense. Chinese singer/lyricist, Jasmine Chen, and American jazz pianist/composer Steve Sweeting team up to offer a smoky slice of New Shanghai. In their debut CD as a duo, they have cooked up a rich assortment of jazz standards (Windows, Take Five, Quizas...) and Brazilian classics (Rosa, Corcovado, Encontros e Despedidas) with Chen's original Chinese lyrics. If that were not enough, they also delve into the well-stocked pantry of traditional Chinese songs and invent fresh takes on delicious folk melodies, both new and old. The crowning spices of this listening feast are two originals (Hopscotch, The Color of Love) the former, a quick contagious tune and the latter, an evocative 12/8 ballad that will place you right into the midnight ambience of the Shanghai House of Blues and Jazz where these two are regulars. The duo began working together as part of a song series Sweeting began in Shanghai in 2006 with various Chinese singers at twocities art gallery. With a backdrop of local visual art, the concert series attracted many different kinds of listeners: locals who had little exposure to jazz or improvisation, ex-pats with... more credits released June 1, 2008 Piano and arrangements by Steve Sweeting Vocals by Jasmine Chen Special thanks to: Jeremy Moyer, Kate Dunham, Josh Milton, Denver Cosado, Frederic Lavignasse, Zhang Yan, Eva Ting, Matt DeBardelaben and Two City Gallery Shanghai