A Journey into Chinese Jazz with Henry Chung Esq.

Dear Listeners, Thank you for joining us as we embark on season 3. We begin with a journey into Chinese Jazz, into the delightful and turbulent demimonde of interwar Shanghai, where Russian marching bands clashed with American swing bands, helping to kick start Jazz in China. Composers like Li Jinhui and Chen Gexin crafted a Chinese songbook, part and parcel of China's national renaissance after WWI. With a strong infusion of chinese folk traditions, this new popular idiom, known as Shidaiqui, helped lay the foundation for contemporary mandopop and cantopop. Along with our interlocutor, Jazz Lecturer Henry Chung we discuss the complex relationship of Jazz in Chinese history with the global politics and diaspora of Jazz today. We hope you enjoy and don't forget to like and subscribe!