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An interview by Ziyna Ember from Eliyora Entertaintment™, LLC Hi, Ziyna Ember™ here. I’m in Tien’s™ place at 186,000 Velocity Street™ to give you a glimpse into Eliyora Entertainment’s™ singer and co-composer of her own unique style she calls TropJazz™. Instead of a standard biography, I thought it would be more personal to let you get to know a bit of Tien through her own words.

Ziyna: Hi Tien, thanks for having me!

Tien: Hi Ziyna, nice to see ya! Here, have a Brazilian Lemonade.

Ziyna: Oh, love those — thanks! 
I guess that’s appropo speaking of TropJazz™!

Tien: (Laughs) Yeah. I do love adding a tropical spice into just about everything — food, drinks, life and jazz!

Ziyna: Why is that?

Tien: Blame it on the samba.

Ziyna: Samba, huh? How did that happen?

Tien: As soon as samba got into my ears, my hips — and my soul, there was no turning back! So many rhythms in one samba — take your pick! As a musician, I just started craving those rhythms, and started hearing them in my head layered on top of everything I would listen to. I don’t know if I can even dance anymore without my hips adding them in to whatever I’m dancing to! There are so many other amazing tropical rhythms, too, and the more I listen, the more I hear them all layered over the top of my mainstay favorites — jazz, funk, hip hop.

Ziyna: So — wa la — TropJazz™?

Read the full bio @ http://tien-aeon.eliyora.com/biography/

*** Eliyora Entertainment™LLC. © 2013 Paradunai™LLC. All international rights reserved. All trademarks property of Paradunai™LLC. All personas, concepts and original songs created and performed by Sherese Chrétien. ***

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Source: HypeBot

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Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

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Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

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Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

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Source: Sacks and Co.

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Source: Lauren Rogers

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Source: Between Sound and Space - An ECM Records Resource

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Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne

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Source: Michael Ricci

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Source: Artists Recording Collective, LLC

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