Beijing Trio

Beijing Trio: Beijing Trio

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 1999

The USA based “Beijing Trio” plan to embark on a tour of China sometime in 2000 as they actively tour here in the States. With their inaugural release on “Asian Improv Records, the trio featuring legendary drummer Max Roach, pianist/composer Jon Jang and “ehru” (Chinese violin) expert Jiebing Chen offer the listener something noticeably fresh, magnetically attractive and candidly beautiful...

Jiebing Chen is no stranger to Western musical concepts and techniques, which is evident on fairly recent outings with violinist ...