Jon Jang

Jon Jang

Jon Jang (Chinese name: ; b. March 11, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. Of Chinese ancestry, he is active in the Asian American jazz movement and specializes in music which combines elements of jazz and Asian musics.

Jang holds a B.M. degree in music performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1978). He has performed with David Murray, James Newton, Anthony Brown, Mark Izu, Jiebing Chen, Liu Qi-Chao, and Max Roach.

The Jon Jang Sextet performed at the Beijing Jazz Festival in 1997.

Jang lives in San Francisco, California. He has recorded for the Asian Improv and Soul Note labels.

External links

* [http://www.kenchen.org/writing/jang.htm "The Music of the Flowing Stream: An Interview With Jazz Composer Jon Jang"] , by Ken Chen, from "Satellite", v. 1, issue 3 (January 2001)
* [http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/jjjnint1.html "An interview with composers Jon Jang and James Newton"] , by Nic Paget-Clarke


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