Jazz standards + Chinese folk songs + great piano playing + sassy singing + fab art venue = Two Cities in Tune! Pianist and teacher extraordinaire Steve Sweeting and singer/lyricist Jasmine Chen performed at the Two Cities Gallery last night. It was a lovely program consisting of Cole Porter tunes, Chinese lullabyes, and other multiculti mishmashes. In addition to being a very talented jazz singer, Jasmine is a gifted lyricist--she wrote many of the words to standards such as "Take Five" as well as original music by Steve. One of my favorites was when they sang Quizas, Quizas, Quizas in both Spanish and Mandarin in counterpoint, then sang-spoke the English translations over the music. Very tongue-in-cheek, very sassy, and a totally apt meeting of East and West through music.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Two Cities in Tune
Jazz standards + Chinese folk songs + great piano playing + sassy singing + fab art venue = Two Cities in Tune! Pianist and teacher extraordinaire Steve Sweeting and singer/lyricist Jasmine Chen performed at the Two Cities Gallery last night. It was a lovely program consisting of Cole Porter tunes, Chinese lullabyes, and other multiculti mishmashes. In addition to being a very talented jazz singer, Jasmine is a gifted lyricist--she wrote many of the words to standards such as "Take Five" as well as original music by Steve. One of my favorites was when they sang Quizas, Quizas, Quizas in both Spanish and Mandarin in counterpoint, then sang-spoke the English translations over the music. Very tongue-in-cheek, very sassy, and a totally apt meeting of East and West through music.
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