【06.27 SUN 周日】SUNDAY JAZZ: KEVIN GAO QUARTET | 周日爵士之夜：高可超四重奏

We are having a quartet this Sunday! Our old friend Kevin Gao and his band of 3 other talented musicians are gracing our Sunday Jazz Series with jazz standards. Please clean your ears cause you are about to get a earfull of gorgeous music!

本周日我们将迎来一个爵士四重奏！高可超将和其他三位才华横溢的音乐家们一起来到老摩的周日爵士系列舞台上，为大家带来一个独特的组合，演奏曼妙的爵士标准曲，赶紧把耳朵洗干净来聆听这无比美妙的音乐吧！ 

SUNDAY JAZZ SERIES

周日爵士之夜

Enjoy a relaxing and comfortable Sunday evening at Modernista with the best atmosphere of cocktails, friends and live jazz!

爵士之夜，胡同深处，踏进这家复古酒吧，点一杯古典的鸡尾酒，看着台上即兴的爵士演出，一个美好的夜晚。每周日，Modernista，爵士之夜。

KEVIN GAO 高可超

DRUMS 鼓

Kevin Gao is a drummer/composer from Dalian China. Started drums at a young age with Chinese drummer Lianjiang Zhou, he developed strong fundamental skill before immigrated to US. At age 15, he started studying with Matt Johnson, and started his career by doing local performances in California. He received the Louis Armstrong award upon his graduation, the highest award for high school in US. Now, studying at the prestigious music school Berklee College of Music, he is currently studying with the great Francisco mela, Bob Gullotti, and Ralph Peterson. In 2019, he became the first Chinese undergrad student accepted by The Global jazz Institute, and studying under teachers like George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Ben Street, and the founder of BGJI, Danilo Perez. With his unique perspective on the language of Jazz, he is ready to set his spiritual path on his continuous passion towards music in both the Chinese and the US music scene.

高可超（Kevin），中国青年爵士鼓手。于2017年考入伯克利音乐学院，并师从世界级的爵士鼓演奏家与教育家Bob Gullotti, Ralph Peterson, Billy Kilson和Francisco Mela。2019年考入伯克利音乐学院Global Jazz Insitute（全球爵士学院），并成为第一个考上此机构的中国本科生。在Global Jazz Insitute创始人Danilo Perez，以及Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, Dave Liebman等世界级爵士乐大师的指导下，高可超的演奏理念逐渐成熟。在校期间，学习之余，高可超活跃于校内外各大舞台与爵士乐演出场所，很快成为波士顿最炙手可热的鼓手。在学习和探索爵士乐的独特魅力的同时，高可超从不畏惧挑战自己，勇于尝试不同的理念与风格，长期以来塑造了自己独特的艺术审美和演奏理念。

牛天宇  

PIANO 钢琴

Daniel Niu is a jazz pianist/composer from Beijing, China. He has left his hometown and moved to Los Angeles since the age of 17 and has been living abroad for many years. During these years, he has experience of playing concerts in US, Europe and Asia. These experience of performing and living abroad enriches Daniel’s musicianship and artistry. During his education at Berklee, Daniel has studied with many renowned jazz musicians such as: Hal Crook, Ian Froman, Vadim Neselovskyi. During his career, Daniel has played with many great musicians such as George Garzone, Ian Froman and Edmar Colon, etc. His music inspiration comes from many aspects of life, as he finds connections between music and other art forms like poetry, paintings, visual arts, etc. In Niu’s philosophy about music, jazz is just one of the many ways for expression of the artist’s mind, yet the music needs to speaks about the artist’s true voice to bring out the deepest affection of life about the artist.

牛天宇，爵士钢琴演奏家，作曲家。2012年离开北京前往美国洛杉矶求学。常年旅居海外的经历极大丰富了他的音乐背景。2015年毕业于加州大学洛杉矶分校经济学专业，并于次年考入伯克利音乐学院爵士钢琴演奏专业。在在校期间师从Hal Crook, Ian Froman, Vadim Neselovskyi等爵士乐巨擘。合作过的音乐家包括世界级爵士乐萨克斯演奏家George Garzone，Edmar Colon，爵士鼓演奏家Ian Froman 等。多年来在美国和欧洲等地求学演出的经历让他在多种文化的碰撞下，吸纳了不同音乐形式的同时逐渐形成了独特的音乐风格。

孟庆泽

SAX 萨克斯风 

Meng Qingze, born in Beijing. He is a young sax player. He graduated from Modern Music Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music in 2016. Later, he studied jazz in Tokyo, Japan, and graduated from the Department of Jazz at the National University of Music of Japan in 2021 with a bachelor's degree.  He learned jazz arrangements with many outstanding Japanese jazz professors. He has a unique performance style and great performance experience.

孟庆泽，生于北京，青年萨克斯演奏者。2016年毕业于天津音乐学院现代音乐系。后到日本东京学习爵士乐，2021年从日本国立音乐大学爵士系毕业并取得学士学位。他与很多日本一线爵士演奏家学习爵士编曲和大小乐队合奏，具有独特的演奏风格和丰富的演出经验。

丁睿
BASS 贝斯

Ding Rui, he is a bass player and graduated from the Jazz Academy of Beijing Modern Conservatory of Music. He studied jazz theory with jazz trombonist Yang Ming and has performance with him. He joined the many best local bands as a bass player in Beijing.

丁睿，贝斯手，毕业于北京现代音乐学院爵士乐学院，师从爵士长号手杨明学习爵士理论与实践。在校期间连续两年获得北京现代音乐学院爵士学院“佩利扎罗学金”，同时担任许多活跃在北京的乐队贝斯手。