Chuck Payne and Friends (Part 1)

featuring Giuseppe Bassi and Woody Witt

Entrance Fee 門票: $400   Including a drink ( 含一杯飲料)

music starts 表演 : 9.00pm

 

Chuck Payne = Drums    ( http://www.chuckpayne.net/ )

Giuseppe Bassi = Bass    ( http://www.giuseppebassi.com/site/ )

Woody Witt = Sax    ( http://woodywitt.com/index.html )

YuYing Hsu 許郁瑛= Piano    ( http://yuyinghsu.blogspot.tw/ )

 

Chuck Payne .. Drums

 

Instrument_Drumset, Tabla, Ethnic-Percussion, Didjeridoo

Experienced Styles_Jazz, Big Band, Rock, Pop, Fusion, Latin, Musicals, Country

Education_University of North Texas (Jazz Studies), Houston Community College (Audio Engineering, Big Band)

Experience Highlights_Jazz (Gary Norian Quartet, The Blue Monks, The Paul Brodt Quartet, Freelance around Houston), _Big Band (IAJE — International Association of Jazz Educators Comm. College All-Star Big Band), _Contemporary Christian (Cheri Keagy, Wayne Watson, House Drummer for Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and Unity Church of Christianity), _Pop/Rock/Variety (The Party Favors, David Brake and That Damn Band, Dean Scott, Peaches and Cream), _Country (Brian Black, Kelly McGuire, Trucker’s Choice), _Musicals (Various Musicals with the Fort Bend County Theater and the Country Playhouse), _Teaching (Drumcorps Instructor: Northbrook High School, Cy-Fair High School, Percussion Instructor: Memorial, Landrum, Spring Woods and Northbrook Middle Schools, Private Instruction), _Management (Assistant Tour Manager: ZZ Top, Tour Manager: Pushmonkey)

 

Giuseppe Bassi (Bari 1971) .. Bass

He studied at the Conservatory of Music N. Piccinni in Bari, graduating in music theory, he studied privately with bassists in jazz world renowned as Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Christian McBride.

Bassi livied in New York city for about four years.

His concert career began in 1988, but starting from 1990 it became assiduous and constant.

He will perform in fact in 1991 in the prestigious and historic jazz club “Strange Fruit” in his town Bari.

With Roberto Ottaviano, he  began to frequent the most important stages of festivals and jazz clubs most representative of all Italy.

Giuseppe Bassi, has performed and recorded with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world including: Lew Tabackin, Bill Mays, Don Friedman, Bobby Durham, John Hicks, Jed Levy, Joe Magnarelli, Helen Sung, Mark Soskin, Bill Goodwin, Billy Drummond, Greg Osby, John Hicks, Mal Waldron, David Liebman, George Garzone, Tony Scott, Harold Danko, etc …

He has played and recorded with all the most important and representative jazz musicians in Italy: Enrico Pieranunzi, Dado Moroni, Francesco Cafiso, Roberto Gatto, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Bollani, Gianni Basso, Dino Piana, Franco Cerri, Maurizio Giammarco, Gege Telesforo, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Ottaviano, etc. .

His discography is   conspicuous :

as a leader he has recorded three recordings: Apaturia 1995 ( R. Ottaviano, F. Boltro, N. Morelli, M. Magliocchi), We’ll be together again in 2000 (D. Moroni, F. Bosso, D. Scannapieco, L. Tucci ), My love and I 2005 (N. Andrioli, F. Scarafile, M. Campanale).

With Apaturia, Giuseppe Bassi is present in the guide “Penguin” written by Richard Cook and Brian Morton. They rated the recording as “excellent and original in the international jazz scene” the highest artistic evaluation.

As a component of other groups, there are important records: JAZZ AT PRAGUE CASTLE with the quartet of Lew Tabackin, REMEMBERING SHELLY in two volumes with Roberto Gatto Quintet, FAST FLIGHT recording that launched Fabrizio Bosso,

LOOK OUT with Rosario Giuliani, Fabrizio Bosso, Gianluca Petrella …, Up Up with Jazz Convention with Stefano Bollani.

Bassi is present in one of the last recordings of Gianni Basso “You are my everything” and the last record of Franco and Dino Piana “SEVEN” with an exceptional group composed by: Enrico Pieranunzi on piano, Roberto Gatto on drums, Franco Piana flugelhorn, Dino Piana trombone, Fabrizio Bosso on trumpet, Max Ionata on saxophone, Luke Manutza floor. Recently there is the latest work of “Jazz Convention”, a group of all stars Italian: Bosso, Partipilo, Accardi, Filippini, Bassi.

Bassi currently records and plays constantly in the new Gege Telesforo group (NU JOY), the quartet of Max Ionata in Roberto Gatto Quintet (Remembering Shelly), in the quartet of Lew Tabackin, in his italian jazz quartet with Enrico Pierannunzi, Maurizio Giammarco and Roberto Gatto, in Francesco Cafiso quintet.

Bassi is active as a composer and leader of several groups since 1996.

In  his groups there are great musicians as: Dado Moroni and Roberto Gatto (Ray Brown Tribute), Fabrizio Bosso and Rosario Giuliani (Bosso – Bassi quintet ), Roberto Ottaviano and Flavio Boltro (Apaturia), Helen Sung, and Sangoma Everett (Blues connotations ), Enrico Pieranunzi, Maurizio Giammarco, Roberto Gatto (ITALIAN JAZZ QUINTET )

He teached jazz bass Bass in the year 2005 at the Conservatory of Cosenza, then for artistic reasons  he moved to NYC for three years.

Bassi, since 1996, teaches at the music school “ThePentagram” in Bari.

starting from 2000, Bassi is an assistant to the highly specialized courses for jazz singers in Spoleto. From this year (2013) he will also teach bass.

 

Woody Witt .. Saxophonist

Dr. Witt is a Professor of Jazz Studies at Houston Community College Town and Country campus and an Affiliate Artist at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. Woody also serves as the entertainment director of Houston’s premiere jazz club, Cézanne. His extensive performance experience includesevents with the Houston Symphony, The Temptations, Randy Brecker and Ray Charles, to name just a few.

 

YuYing Hsu 許郁瑛 .. Piano

An  award-winning Taiwanese jazz pianist and composer, YuYing Hsu has performed in legendary jazz clubs in New York City, such as Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, and with renowned musicians like legendary jazz drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, Alex Sipiagin, Michael Philip Mossman, Antonio Hart, Giuseppe Bassi, Gegè Telesforo, and the complete violinist Benjamin Schmid.

Her debut album “Untitled” won two Golden Indie Music Awards, which is Taiwan’s version of the Grammy, for “Best Jazz Album” and “Best Jazz Single” in 2011. Two years later, her second album “sentimotional”, which featured trumpet virtuoso Alex Sipiagin on three songs, again garnered two Golden Indie Music Awards for “Best Musician” and “Best Jazz Single”.

YuYing has a Master of Music degree from Purchase College, State University of New York, and studied with piano masters such as Gerard D’Angelo, Hal Galper, Arturo O’Farrill, Charles Blenzig, and Sam Yahel. Her thesis focused on jazz piano legend Keith Jarrett and his style of improvision in piano trio and solo in the late 1960s and 1970s.

As the pianist of the jazz group “MISSION FORMOSA,” YuYing has just returned to Taiwan from the group’s 2014 Italy Summer Tour. With members of the group: Giuseppe Bassi (bass), Gaetano Partipilo (alto sax), Francesco Lento (trumpet), Shen-Yu Su (tenor sax) & Kuan-Liang Lin (drums), YuYing performed at Gregory’s Jazz Club in Rome, as well as at Pozzuoli, Palermo, Beat Onto, Empoli & Alburni Jazz Festivals, with some concerts featured singer/ composer/ music producer Gegè Telesforo. Starting from Fall semester 2014, YuYing will be teaching improvisation at the Department of Music in National Taiwan University of Arts.

Since YuYing relocated back to Taiwan in 2010, she has performed in major music festivals such as Shanghai Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival, and Summer Jazz Party held by the National Theater Concert Hall. She has also held her own concerts, workshops, and performed at various jazz venues around Taiwan.

In 2012, YuYing performed with world-renowned violinist Benjamin Schmid at Taipei ZhongShan Hall, as well as with trumpet virtuoso Alex Sipiagin. She also toured with Teriver Cheung (guitar) and Ko Omura (drums) in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. In that fall, YuYing participated as the pianist for the NTCH Jazz All Star Project, which hosted a concert at the National Concert Hall, bringing together Taiwanese jazz musicians under the leadership of legendary jazz drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, as well as Michael Philip Mossman and Antonio Hart in a 14-piece ensemble.

YuYing’s music career continued to grow, as she became part of the teaching staff at the Summer Jazz Camp held by National Theater Concert Hall (2012-2013). Meanwhile, she participated in the spring concert tour of the Ju Percussion Group in 2013, performing “Famim”, a piece by French composer and percussionist Emmanuel Séjourné. She was also one of the contributing arrangers of “Rooftop Zoo,” a collection of children’s music, produced by well-known Taiwanese trumpeter Stacey Wei. YuYing reunited with trumpet master and her good friend Alex Sipiagin in the winter, for a joint performance that wrapped up 2013 nice and warm both for the performers and the attendees.

In the spring of 2014, YuYing went on an adventure by herself in India, performed at the Bandra Base in Bombay, and returned to Taipei with an abundance of inspirations for her following music projects.

許郁瑛, 台灣出身的爵士鋼琴家、作曲家。從小受到古典音樂薰陶, 台灣大學圖書資訊學系畢業後即赴紐約深造, 於 2009 年底取得美國紐約州立大學帕切斯學院 Purchase College, SUNY 爵士鋼琴演奏碩士學位 Master of Music, 畢業論文主題在於研究爵士鋼琴大師 Keith Jarrett 於 1960 年代末期及 1970 年代初期在鋼琴三重奏與鋼琴獨奏等不同形式之下的即興演奏手法。在紐約留學期間師事 Charles Blenzig, Jane Ira Bloom, Gerard D’Angelo, Jon Faddis, Hal Galper, Arturo O’Farrill, John Riley, Reggie Workman, Sam Yahel 等爵士大師（姓名按字母順序排列）以及古典鋼琴家 Jon Klibonoff.

郁瑛於 2010 年初返台後隨即投身於爵士樂與跨界音樂類型各大演出, 曾與多位著名爵士音樂家如爵士鼓傳奇人物 Albert “Tootie” Heath, 小號手 Alex Sipiagin, Michael Philip Mossman, 薩克斯風手 Antonio Hart, 義大利低音大提琴手 Giuseppe Bassi 和歌手 Gegè Telesforo 等同台, 2012 年曾擔任來自奧地利國際知名小提琴家 Benjamin Schmid 台北中山堂爵士音樂會鋼琴手。郁瑛足跡遍佈各大音樂廳、藝文中心、爵士音樂節、藝文講座與爵士酒館, 如：義大利 Pozzuoli, Palermo, Beat Onto, Empoli & Alburni 等爵士音樂節、上海爵士音樂節、香港、澳門、印度、兩廳院夏日爵士派對節慶樂團、台中爵士音樂節等, 也曾參與果陀劇場【最後 14 堂星期二的課】劇中插曲 “The Very Thought of You” 錄製與 2013 朱宗慶打擊樂團春季音樂會演出, 並擔任 2012-2013 兩廳院爵士音樂營師資。2010 年底發行個人首張爵士創作專輯【Untitled】並榮獲 2011 年第二屆金音創作獎【最佳爵士專輯獎】及【最佳爵士單曲獎】, 2013 年 4 月發行第二張個人專輯【sentimotional 心情之間】並再次榮獲 2013 年第四屆金音創作獎【最佳樂手獎】及【最佳爵士單曲獎】雙項肯定。現為全職鋼琴演奏家、國立臺灣藝術大學音樂學系講師、絲竹空爵士培訓課程講師、福爾摩沙任務爵士樂團鋼琴手、魏廣晧爵士樂團鋼琴手。更多資訊請參考：www.facebook.com/yyhsu.music

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