14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 • TAIPEI TIMES BY DAVid CHEN MUSIC he Taichung Jazz Festival (台中爵士音樂 節) welcomes the autumn season with a FESTIVAL NOTES: STOP diversity of jazz styles, ranging from the WHAT: Taichung Jazz Festival Tbe-bop avant-garde sounds of Italian trumpeter WHEN: Tomorrow until Oct. 25 Continental 市民廣場 Enrico Rava and the tango-infused music of WHERE: Civil Plaza ( ), Jingguo French accordionist Richard Galliano to the Boulevard Parkway (經國綠園道) and Gongyi vocal harmonizing of German group Stouxingers Road (公益路) and the electric blues of Joey Gilmore. ON THE NET: www.jazzfestival.com.tw COMPILED BY CatHeriNE SHU The festival, which starts tomorrow and drift DETAILS: Entrance is free runs until Oct. 25, continues to grow. Last year but has lagged in the charts. the event attracted around 290,000 people, clear tango influence. Galliano has worked His record label issued a pouty according to the Taichung Cultural Affairs with Astor Piazzolla and includes the Argentine statement after the numbers were Bureau. The bureau touts the festival as “the composer’s work in his repertoire. in, bemoaning the fact that there nation’s largest,” and expects to break the The Stouxingers are a German a capella is no accounting for taste among 300,000 mark for attendance this year. group, distinguished by their ability to sound listeners. Pan himself sarcastically The event takes place along the city’s scenic like a full band with instrumentation. The asked fans for a “loving hug,” a Jingguo Boulevard Parkway (經國綠園道), with the award-winning sextet not only sings lyrics, but play on the title of Yaoyao’s album. main acts performing at Civic Square (市民廣場). also reels out an array of unconventional noises Yaoyao’s own label called the Many of this year’s acts hail from Europe. — they click their tongues in rhythm, beat-box kvetching “pointless.” Enrico Rava, tomorrow night’s headliner, is and imitate brass horns with their voices. The “Everyone thinks they are one of Italy’s most prominent jazz musicians group performs next Sunday. The program also number one, so why don’t they and a veteran of the international scene. The pays heed to jazz’s roots by featuring American just proclaim themselves number 70-year-old trumpeter started his career working blues-man Joey Gilmore tomorrow night. one?” it said in a statement. with Latin jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri and The 65-year-old guitarist and singer has Yaoyao’s debut album has ruffled a few While Yaoyao’s album topped dabbled in free jazz and avant-garde throughout spent the last week wowing audiences in Taipei feathers in the Mando-pop world. Taiwan’s two major music charts, the mid-1960s, while playing in a quartet with with his soulful singing and deft guitar work. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES Penny Lin’s (林韋君) twin peaks soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. Rava now Blues fans shouldn’t pass up this last chance were getting some attention mainly performs be-bop. to see Gilmore, who won the International neumatic media personality of their own. Next Magazine French accordionist Richard Galliano and his Blues Challenge in 2006, a major competition Yaoyao (瑤瑤), real name worked itself into a lather over quartet take the stage next Sunday. Galliano, a held by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. He Kuo Shu-yao (郭書瑤), is its beachside photo shoot with highly revered figure among accordionists, draws appears tomorrow at 7pm in Civic Square and Pclimbing off the DD-list with her the model and soap actress. The from diverse roots, spanning Mediterranean later in the evening at 10:30pm in Hotel One in best-selling new album — but gossip rag gloried in the fact that folk, French Chanson and Musette and classical Taichung, located at 532 Yingcai Rd, Taichung her ascendance in the charts has Lin had insisted on going surfing music. But careful listeners can also discern a City (台中市英才路532號). reportedly reduced one pop rival even though the photographer Nearly 40 acts from both Taiwan and to tears and another to a hissy fit. said the waves were too rough; Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava headlines the Taichung Jazz abroad are also scheduled to perform. For Singer Angela Chang (張韶涵) celebrated when the stick-on Festival, which starts tomorrow and runs until next Sunday. the full schedule, visit the festival Web site at burst into tears at a recent press bra Lin was wearing underneath PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TAICHUNG JAZZ FESTIVAL www.jazzfestival.com.tw. event, which our sister paper her bikini top fell into the ocean; The Liberty Times attributed to panted as said top rolled upwards the fact that her latest album, and Lin’s right breast was nearly BY DiaNE BAKer 5th Season (第五季), has been exposed; and muffled its regret COMMUNITY superseded by Yaoyao’s Hug of when Lin modestly held the Love: Farewell to 18 (愛的抱抱:告別 surfboard in front of her chest. 18歲) in Taiwan’s music charts. The rest of Next Magazine’s To be fair, Chang has plenty of fluff piece reported that Lin, who Living the dream reasons to cry that have nothing split with her boyfriend three to do with her rival, who was months ago, was spotted in a tete- inding something to do that the entire Tsai’s energy and enthusiasm are previously best known for riding a-tete with actor Wallace Huo (霍 family or a big group of friends could infectious. They’re what keep the a mechanical horse braless in 建華) at a nightclub. Lin insisted enjoy for a couple of hours can be community’s volunteers, resident foreign a commercial. The pop star that Huo “just came by to say Fdifficult. These budget conscious days have artists and scores of students working and actress is in the midst of a hi,” though he clearly had more made it even more difficult. But tomorrow long hours for minimal pay (the artists) well-publicized feud with her than that to say, because the chat afternoon Taipei residents have the chance in summer camp-like conditions (for the mother and father, who say she lasted for three hours. to experience some spectacular silliness university students sleeping on floors is a negligent daughter and left Hopefully Lin will have more — for free. around the community), building floats them mired in poverty even as she luck in love than fellow actress and The Dream Community (夢想社區) in and giant puppets and making hundreds enjoys the limelight. Chang, on the model Kelly Lin (林熙蕾, no relation), Shijr (汐止), Taipei County, is putting on of costumes. other hand, accuses her parents of who recently split from her fiance, its eighth annual carnival parade, starting Jade Brant, an American costume mismanaging her earnings. singer and actor Ken Zhu (朱孝天). at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall at 3pm. designer and seamstress, has been in Since news of the family scandal The break-up came several days The idea of a creative community, with Taiwan for four months. She came to broke last month, Chang has after the duo announced they were annual parades, festivals and outreach the Dream Community because she met pleaded with the media to leave the delaying their wedding and just a programs, is the dream of Gordon Tsai (蔡 Tsai in New Orleans during this year’s matter alone and refused to answer few months after Lin and Zhu finally 聰明), whose incredible energy and drive Mardi Gras, although she had heard about further questions. Last weekend went public with their four-year have made him famous. It’s not often you him from friends who had residencies marked her return to the public relationship. Various media reports see a middle-aged Taiwanese man covered in Shijr. Whatever floats their boats. PHOTO: DIANE BAKER, TAIPEI TIMES eye after keeping a low profile for said that Lin was unhappy with in purple body paint and wearing little more “His energy is incredible, he’s community, he knew what to expect. nearly a year and a half, with a Zhu’s income and stalling career. than a loincloth, wings and a halo (2007) crazy,” she said of Tsai. “These kids are Two Indonesians were hard at work was not enough food,” said Tsai, whose performance and autograph signing The actor is currently appearing on or white bodypaint and a big diaper (2006), incredible. Most are university students putting the finishing touches on the floor parents and grandparents farmed the land session to promote 5th Season. MoMo Love (桃花小妹). Lin thought running up and down the street encouraging in their first year. They have bottomless of a float carrying a giant monkey-eating the Dream Community was built on. Unfortunately, Chang started the TV series would turn her bystanders to try a little samba. energy; some stayed up to 4am the other demon, while a dozen students worked on There will also be a boat, buffaloes, a sniveling after just two songs. fiance’s life around. But instead, His antics usually leave younger parade day working on their projects.” another papier-mache demon. In between giant pig and samba cows throwing beads, Afterwards she denied that he has allegedly fought with participants wide-eyed and giggling. Ho Ying-chi (何英琪), one of the full- was a “rocking Buddha” sculpture, he said, and a lot of samba girls, for a Yaoyao’s dominance in the charts crewmembers and showed up to But it’s exactly that “not supposed to” time workers at the community, said wearing a pair of headphones. There will total of about 10,000 participants.