【SUN 周日 01.05】MUTE: JAZZ QUARTET 周日爵士之夜: MUTE 爵士四重奏

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MORE ABOUT: MUTE

乐手简介

MUTE is a Brooklyn-based improvised music quartet co-led by Kevin Sun, Christian Li, Lim Yang, and Dayeon Seok. They released their self-titled debut album in December 2019 on Fresh Sound New Talent Records.

MUTE是来自布鲁克林的即兴四重奏，成员有：Kevin Sun, Christian Li, Lim Yang, 和 Dayeon Seok。他们于2019年12月在Fresh Sound New Talent Records发行了同名首张专辑。

Saxophonist: Kevin Sun

萨克斯手:  孙凯

Kevin Sun (孙凯) is a saxophonist, improvisor, composer, and writer living in New York City. His trio, established in 2016 and comprising bassist Walter Stinson and drummer Matt Honor, is documented on one album and performs regularly around the city. Sun also leads a quintet and is involved in a number of co-led ensembles, including Earprint and Mute. His creative work to date has attracted attention from leading critical publications, including The New York Times, the Village Voice, DownBeat, The New York City Jazz Record, Audiophile Audition, PopMatters, and Stereogum, among others. He has performed in the bands of Dana Saul, Juanma Trujillo, and Xiongguan Zhang, among others, and performs frequently as a sideperson on the New York jazz and improvised music scenes. He has also performed extensively in Beijing and was named Artistic Director of the Blue Note Beijing Jazz Orchestra as of August 2018. Sun inaugurated his blog, A Horizontal Search, in 2012 and has written online for Music & Literature and Jazz Speaks, the official blog of The Jazz Gallery in New York City. (An index of his published writing can be found here.) Sun holds degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music.

孙凯(Kevin Sun)是一位生活在纽约布鲁克林的次中音萨克斯演奏家、单簧管演奏家、作曲家和作

家。

《The New York Times》这样评论他:“这可能是你第一次听说孙凯,一位次中音萨克斯手,但是这很

快就会改变......他创作了一种自我、平等、直接的音乐表达方式。”而《Jazz Trail》说到:“孙凯是一位 高瞻远瞩的音乐人,他的音乐是丰富的,他是一位有天赋的萨克斯管演奏家,在各种各样的音乐环境中 都能舒服的融入。”

在贝斯手Walter Stinson和鼓手Matt Honor的协作下,孙凯的三重奏致力于探索他为小型乐队所创作设 计的精密作品。他也在Earprint四重奏中演奏,以乐队命名的首张专辑在2016年获得了NPR爵士 评投 票第一名。同时,他也是Mute四重奏的一员,在乐队中演奏极少有的C调萨克斯。随着纽约市爵士乐和 创作音乐场景的不断增长,孙凯也参与Dana Saul,Juanma Trujillo和Walter Stinson等乐队的定期演 出,以及吉他手张雄关的第二张专辑《Struggles》(2017)的录制。除了在The Jazz Gallery和55 Bar等纽约主要场馆演出外,孙凯还在中国、韩国、法国、巴拿马和印度进行了国际演出。

孙凯(Kevin Sun)本科就读于哈佛大学文学专业,并以优异成绩在大学期间被新英格兰音乐学院爵士

乐表演专业录取,成为首位五年制文学学士及音乐硕士双学位获得者。他曾在哈佛大学音乐系担任助 教。久居纽约,他曾获得多伦新兴艺术家大赛冠军和雅马哈青年表演艺术家青年组大赛冠军。孙凯不仅 是一位演奏家和作曲家,而且还以不同的方式写作和编辑文学作品。他曾是纽约非盈利性爵士乐文化中 心Jazz Gallery和官方博客Jazz Speaks的编辑。先后采访了像Herbie Hancock和Joshua Redman等艺 术巨匠。他本人也拥有独家博客和杂集,他的作品《A Horizontal Search》收获了来自国家公共电台 (National Public Radio)和著名钢琴家Ethan Iverson的赞誉。最近,萨克斯管演奏家Mark Turner在 2018年5月出版的即兴独奏集中收录了孙凯的前言。

Pianist: 钢琴

钢琴手

Christian Li (李潭林) is a pianist, composer, and arranger based in New York City. Born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in the small town of Horseheads, NY, he began performing regularly at the age of twelve. He has since been mentored by a colorful cast of musicians, including Danilo Perez, Ben Street, Greg Osby, Hal Crook, Joe Lovano, Joanne Brackeen, John Patitucci, and Alain Mallet. Christian has appeared in such notable venues as The Newport Jazz Festival, The Panama Jazz Festival, Jazz En Comminges, The Monterey Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Birdland, and the Detroit Jazz Festival. He has performed with several renowned artists, including Greg Osby, Dave Liebman, Chris Cheek, Rich Perry, Adam Cruz, Jason Palmer, and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown. Christian is also active in the field of education, serving on the faculties of the Berklee College of Music and the Calhoun School. He has given workshops in Panama as a part of the Fundacion Danilo Perez as well as at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.

李潭林 (Christian Li) 是一位生活在纽约的爵士乐钢琴家。 他 曾师承Danilo Perez, 并曾与多位知名爵士乐音乐家例 如Greg Osby, Joe Lovano, Dayna Stephens, Dave Liebman, Chris Cheek, Rich Perry, and Jack Dejohnette 等 同台演奏。李潭林参加过多国举办的国际爵士乐音乐节。 其中著 名的有：The Newport Jazz Festival, the Panama Jazz Festival, Jazz En Comminges, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Blue Note, Birdland, the Toronto Jazz Festival, and the Detroit Jazz Festival.李潭林除了演奏外还在美国的伯克里音乐学院和纽约 的Calhoun 学校任教。他热衷传播爵士乐并希望更多 人了解，喜欢，并懂得欣赏这种美妙的音乐。