14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2008 • TAIPEI TIMES Jazz season returns to Taichung all has arrived, and in Taichung, this means it’s time for jazz. More than 40 Japanese trumpeter Tomonao Hara, left, and Dutch F groups, both international and local, will trumpeter Saskia Laroo, below, ��������������are two of the Selected highlights perform on three stages near the city’s scenic featured acts at this year’s Taichung Jazz Festival, All music performances are free Jingguo Boulevard Parkway (經國綠園道) as which starts tomorrow and runs through Oct. 26. and take place at Civil Plaza part of the Taichung Jazz Festival (台中爵士音樂 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE TAICHUNg CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUREAU (市民廣場) and the J1 and J2 節), which begins tomorrow and runs Stages on Jingguo Boulevard through Oct. 26. year the festival shone a spotlight on Asian Parkway. Shows also take place The event is expected to attract artists, and this year is no different. Groups throughout the week; see the 300,000 people — 50,000 more than from Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and South festival’s Web site for a detailed Aska lot of questions, and watch out. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES last year, according to the organizer, Korea have been invited to play. schedule. the Taichung Cultural Affairs Bureau. This The festival starts tomorrow at 3pm with inger and One Million Star (超級星光大道) fan favorite year’s festival will also run longer. Instead an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Tomorrow Aska Yang (楊宗緯) pitched a fit on his blog after a of two separate weekends, there will be World Records when 1,000 saxophonists ► 3pm, Civil Plaza Sreporter aska’ed him one too many questions about jazz performances every night for nine days plan to converge on Civil Plaza to play three 1,000 Saxophones Spectacular his relationship with a young male friend. straight. Sunday at 1pm. The hotel is also hosting a songs in unison, breaking the current record (world-record attempt for most According to Yang’s blog, he was innocently out Along with the music, the festival class next Saturday by legendary trombonist set by a gathering of 900 sax players in saxophonists at one time) shopping in the East District (東區) when he “stepped in features some 50 booths selling food and Slide Hampton, who performs at the festival Toronto in 2004. ► 3pm, J1 Stage some dog shit,” ie, paparazzi. Prior to that, Yang had a merchandise, located on the parkway, which next week. All workshops are free and open Denny Euprasert Sextet fruitful day snapping up a sea-green OriginalFake hoodie, runs along Gongyi Road (公益路). to the public. — DAVId CHEN (Thailand) black corduroy shorts and a fancy cellphone strap. He was Headlining tomorrow night at Civil Plaza Other international artists appearing ► 5pm, J1 Stage walking with two young friends of his, a man and woman, (市民廣場) is Trio 3, a New York City “super- at this year’s festival include Japanese Red River Jazz Band (Vietnam) when all of the sudden a frenzy of flashbulbs started group” composed of saxophonist and flutist trumpeter Tomonao Hara Quartet and Dutch ► 7pm, Civil Plaza going off “like lightening from the sky.” Yang wrote that Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and trumpeter Saskia Laroo and her band. Last Barry Likumahuwa Project he would not hesitate to seek legal action should such a drummer Andrew Cyrille. (Indonesia) and Trio 3 (US) mishap occur again, adding ruefully, “I think I might have Trio 3’s music spans different jazz to return those shorts.” styles, from traditional to bebop to free FESTIVAL NOTES: Sunday (Pop Stop thinks he should also look into returning jazz. The trio’s members all boast long and ► 1pm, Windsor Hotel, B1F the entire outfit he had on that day: a shiny black bomber accomplished resumes: Lake is a Guggenheim WHAT: Taichung Jazz Festival Multipurpose Theater Hall jacket and baggy cargo shorts.) fellow; Workman has performed and recorded WHEN: Tomorrow until Oct. 26 (裕元花園酒店B1F國際演講廳) 市民廣場 But according to our sister paper the Liberty Times’ with John Coltrane and Art Blakey; and WHERE: Civil Plaza ( ), Jingguo Boulevard Workshop with Trio 3 (自由時報) version of the events, Yang threw a hissy fit Cyrille has long been associated with free-jazz 經國綠園道 公益路 Parkway ( ) and Gongyi Road ( ) ► 3:30pm, J2 Stage when a reporter told him “readers are curious … you pioneer and pianist Cecil Taylor. DETAILS: Admission is free Changhua City Orchestra seem to be very close to that young man,” referring The group will hold a jazz workshop ON THE NET: www.jazzfestival.com.tw (Taiwan) to Yang’s male friend. One can only imagine that this at the Windsor Hotel (裕元花園酒店) on ► 5:30pm, J2 Stage question was asked with a smarmy nudge and saucy lifting Sky 4 (Taiwan) of the eyebrows, for the impromptu interview culminated ► 7pm, J1 Stage in Yang screaming, “I will not answer your questions, all in 2005 was honored with the did a bossa nova.” Saskia Laroo Band (Netherlands) reporters do is write dirt!” Who can blame Yang for his title of Jazz Master from the Hampton is also widely outburst? But venting about it on his blog is a different Slidin’ through National Endowment for the Arts, recognized as an educator, having Oct. 25 matter. If Yang was famously too old to compete on One the highest official recognition taught master classes at Harvard 1pm, Windsor Hotel, 4th floor Million Star, then he is also way too old to be peevish. for jazz musicians in the US. and Indiana universities. When ► (裕元花園酒店4樓東側包廂) Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) was happier to have reporters follow He currently serves as musical he gets to Taichung next week, jazz history Trombone workshop with Slide her on a recent shopping spree in New York City, where the director for the Dizzy Gillespie he plans to share some of his songstress dropped northwards of NT$10,000 — on sugar- All-Star Big Band and leads the wisdom about jazz improvisation Hampton free candy. Tsai, visiting the Big Apple to film a commercial, Trombonist and composer Slide World of Trombones, as well as in a trombone master class that ► 3pm, J1 Stage dragged her entourage up and down and around 5th Avenue Hampton arrives in Taiwan for his own big band. takes place on the 4th floor of the Makoto Kuriya Rhythmatrix (Japan) before she finally located her favorite specialty purveyor of a performance and master class Recently Hampton has been Windsor Hotel (裕元花園酒店) in the low-cal sweets. Once she found the store, the whippet- at the Taichung Jazz Festival busy completing a commission Taichung next Saturday at 1pm. ► 5pm, J1 Stage thin celeb gleefully posed for photos hoisting aloft a giant next week. If you’re a jazz fan, to compose four songs under the The jazz maven says he usually API (Malaysia) sack of gummi bears, the manic gleam in her eyes bearing now would be the time to start title theme, A Tribute to African/ starts by talking about the essence ► 5:30pm, J2 Stage testimony to years of calorie-deprivation. getting excited. American Greatness. The of jazz and the “individuality of the The Money Shot Horns (Taiwan/US/Canada/Australia) United Daily News (聯合報) reported that this was the “He’s a man with history,” Legendary trombonist and bandleader four tunes, co-written with his interpretation” of written music first time in years Tsai had eaten chocolate. She spent the said Daniel Shen (沈鴻元), host manager Tony Charles, are named that Louis Armstrong crafted into ► 7pm, J1 Stage Slide Hampton appears at the Taichung Tomonao Hara �uartet (Japan) rest of her trip abroad continuously stuffing her face from of Taipei Philharmonic Radio’s Jazz Festival next weekend. after and dedicated to Hampton’s an art. an ever-present sack of candy, the vernacular daily said. nightly jazz program and this PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TAICHUNg CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUREAU personal heroes: Nelson Mandela, For Hampton, it’s a lesson Having exhausted her supply, Tsai made sure to stop by the year’s festival. “We’re pretty Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, and worth repeating. “It’s not a matter Oct. 26 store again for refills before leaving New York. “Paris and lucky to have him here.” Venus and Serena Williams. of copying or doing the same ► 1pm, Windsor Hotel, B1F London both have this kind of sugar-free candy,” she told Hampton, 76, was literally “I’m glad they chose it for He imbued each song with a thing that someone else did — it’s Multipurpose Theater Hall United Daily, “But you can’t find gummi bears in London.” born into jazz. Everyone in his me,” said Hampton in a telephone rhythm that he felt best described a matter of being inspired by (裕元花園酒店B1F國際演講廳) Cecilia Chung (張柏芝) may need to take a page from family — both of his parents, interview from his home in East the person or people in question: something that someone else did, Trumpet workshop with Tsai’s book about calorie management. The Hong Kong eight brothers, and four sisters — Orange, New Jersey on Friday of “Nelson Mandela is based on an to do something of your own.” Tomonao Hara actress and pop singer, whose friends have denied recent were all musicians and performed last week. African approach to rhythm … Admission for both Hampton’s ► 3pm, J1 Stage reports that she had suffered a miscarriage, was spotted as the Hampton Band. Hampton went on to play Oprah is based on a ‘funk’ kind of master class and his performance John Nam �uartet (South Korea) by Sing Tao Daily News (星島日報) purchasing five cups He didn’t choose the trombone with notable jazz figures such as rhythm because that’s the kind of at the final concert of the ► 5pm, J1 Stage of noodles, three cans of some unspecified foodstuff, two — his parents did, as the family trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and music she seems to prefer …With Taichung Jazz Festival on Oct.