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Hong Kong Dragon Club: Take Out
by Jim Santella
What was music like 4000 years ago? Singing with native instrumental accompaniment? Folk songs that told interesting stories? Communicating in the native language while incorporating some form of melody, harmony and rhythm? The music was probably quite different in Asia than in Europe, Africa, or India. Different civilizations developed widely separate tonal foundations and characteristically unique musical instruments.
While common factors such as timbre and expression reveal a universal language," each region was generally not influenced by the other back ...
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All About Jazz
ANCIENT CHINESE INSTRUMENTS AND MELODIES HIGHLIGHT NEW CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM BY THE HONG KONG DRAGON CLUB, THE FIRST RELEASE ON XIEN RECORDS _________________________________________________________________
One of the most unusual jazz albums to be released this year is Take Out by the Hong Kong Dragon Club comprised of some of the best session players on the Hong Kong scene who perform contemporary jazz using Chinese folk melodies that are thousands of years old and a combination of ancient Chinese instruments along with ...
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