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The Beijing Jazz Festival () is China
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's first and largest jazz festival
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. It was founded in 1993 by Udo Hoffmann, a German national living in China. The festival is hosted by the Beijing Midi School of Music The Beijing Midi School of Music (北京迷笛音乐学校; pinyin: Běijīng Mídí Yīnyuè Xuéxiào) is a music school in Beijing, China, established in 1993. It is the first music school in China whose curriculum focuses on such modern musical ...
and Beijing Midi Productions.
The festival was held in Beijing
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from 1993 to 1999, with a seven-year hiatus. The festival returned to Beijing from September 21 to 23, 2007, and has taken place outdoors in Haidian Park
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, in Beijing's northwestern Haidian District
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The festival features jazz musicians from China and all around the world. Performers have included the U.S. jazz musicians as Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...
and Jon Jang
Jon Jang (; born March 11, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Of Chinese ancestry, he specializes in music which combines elements of jazz and Asian musics, and is known for musical works exploring international as we ...
, as well as many artists and groups from Scandinavia
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.
List of bands and musicians 1994 to 1999 ''(source: Wolfgang in der Wiesche, leading sound engineer and production manager of the festival 1994-99)''
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1994
Wide Angle (China)
Scandinavian Jazz Quartett (Denmark, Finland)
E.M.T. (Lithuania, Germany)
Lluis-Vidal-Trio (Spain)
Pascal v. Wroblewsky Trio (Germany)
Jon Rose - Otomo Yosihide (Australia + Japan)
Stephane Kochoyan Trio (France)
Neighbours (Austria)
Gaoshan Liushui (China + Germany)
Liu Yuan + Kong Hongwei (China)
Willem Breuker Kollektief (Netherlands)
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1995
Stéphane Planchon's "Rendez-vous" (France)
NDR Bigband, feat. Palle Mikkelborg: "The History of Jazz" (Germany)
Liu Yuan Band (China)
Martin Speake Group (UK)
Ding Wei and Wide Angle (China)
The Palle Mikkelborg Duo (Denmark)
Clusone Trio (The Netherlands)
Illouz (France)
Paolo Frescu Quartet (Italy)
Howard "Hojo" Johnson (USA) and the NDR Bigband
Beijing Jazz Unit (China)
Chano Dominguez Group (Spain)
Eugene Pao Group (HongKong)
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1996
Beijing Jazz Unit (China)
Sixun (France)
Liu Yuan Group (China)
Steffen Schorn/ Claudio Puntin Duo (Germany)
Land (USA)
Misha Mengelberg Solo Piano (Netherlands)
Tien Square (China)
Karin Krog Group (Norway)
Steve Bailock's Swingthing (USA)
Misha Mengelberg/ Han Bennink/ George Lewis Trio (Netherlands, USA)
Cercle Trio (Austria, UK)
Rios (USA)
Christof Lauer Trio (Germany)
Django Bates' Human Chain (UK)
Guys (China)
Enrico Rava's Carmen Project (Italy, China)
Pierre Doerge's New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark)
Shanghai International Jazz Concert Series 1996 ''(organized by Beijing International Jazz Festival)''
Steve Bailock's Swingthing (USA)
Django Bates' Human Chain (UK)
Sixun (France)
Enrico Rava Trio (Italy)
Pierre Doerge's New Jungle Orchestra (Denmark)
Liu Yuan Group (China)
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1997
P.L.A. Orchestra- Golden Angle Jazz Band (China)
Nils Landgren Funk Unit (Sweden)
Antonio Martinez "Candela" (Spain)
Jon Jang Sextett (USA/ China)
Uli Lenz/ Johannes Barthelmes Duo (Germany)
Willem Breuker Kollektief (The Netherlands) + Chinese Strings
Keiko Lee (Japan)
The Far East Side Band (USA/ China/ Japan/ Korea)
Rhythm Dogs Big Band(China)
Ensemble for New Improvised Music (Germany/ USA/ Russia/ New Zealand)
John Taylor/ John Surman (UK)
Gianluigi Trovesi Octet (Italy)
Liu Yuan Group (China)
Doky Brothers (Denmark)
Richard Galliano Trio (France)
Betty Carter (USA)
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1998
Ugetsu (Germany)
Jazz Crusaders (USA)
Liu Yuan Group (China)
Banda Sonora & PLA Orchestra (Italy, China)
Guus Janssen Quintet (The Netherlands)
Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra (Denmark)
Hiroshi Minami Quartet (Japan)
Lost Chart Ensemble (Canada)
Fred van Hove (Belgium)
Irene Schweizer/ Pierre Favre (Switzerland)
Ten Part Invention (Australia)
Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band (USA)
Jon Rose (Australia)
Dieter Glawischnig/ Andreas Schreiber Duo (Austria)
Mynta (Sweden, India)
Dave Holland Group (USA)
Beijing International Jazz Festival 1999
Doctor 3 (Italy)
Vienna Art Orchestra (Austria)
Lenni-Kalle Taipale (Finland)
Wanderlust (Australia)
In-Sound-Out (China)
Nordic Sounds (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Dainius Pulauskas Sextet (Lithuania)
Liu Sola and Friends (USA)
Papadimitriou-Sylleou Duo (Greece)
Kiichiro Hayashi (Japan)
B.J. Funk (China)
Trevor Watts Moire Music Drum Orchestra (UK)
Chen Dili (China)
Denis Colin Trio (France)
Michiel Borstlap Sextet (Netherlands)
David Sanchez (USA)
See also
*Beijing Pop Festival
The Beijing Pop Festival () is a rock music festival held in Beijing, China's Chaoyang Park each September since 2005. It features rock bands from China as well as from overseas. It is a pioneer music event in China since it was the first inter ...
*Midi Music Festival
The Midi Music Festival, sometimes also called Midi Modern Music Festival or simply Midi Festival () is among China's largest rock music festivals and is hosted by the Beijing Midi School of Music. Since its inauguration in 1997 it has been held ...
External links
Beijing Jazz Festival official site
Music festivals established in 1993 Culture in Beijing Jazz festivals in China Music festivals in China 1993 establishments in China Chinese jazz {{Jazz-festival-stub