【SUN 01.08】 NATHANIEL GAO JAZZ QUARTET 周日爵士之夜：高太行四重奏

This Sunday, we are welcoming back our favorite saxophone player Nathaniel Gao, who is bringing over talented visiting Korean guitarist Young Gu Kim as a special guest. Zhang Ke on bas and Xiao Dou on drums will complete the quartet for a really special night of the best Beijing jazz!

本周日我们除了有北京最帅气的萨克斯演奏家和作曲家高老师之外，还有来自韩国的嘉宾吉他手 Young Gu Kim，加上Double Bass和ElectricBass演奏家张柯老师和北京最棒的鼓手之一小豆老师！喜欢爵士的朋友一定不可以错过这个让人兴奋异常的组合演奏哦！

Nathaniel Gao is a saxophonist and composer who has been based in Beijing since 2006. He has been a key contributor to the local jazz scene as both a co-leader of the quintet Red Hand as well as a leader of his own quartet and trio. Additionally, Gao has been active in an eclectic range of other musical projects including Three Sergeants Syndrome, The Beijing City Big Band, Afrokoko Roots and Bu Yiding. He has performed at the Ninegates Jazz Festival, the MIDI Jazz Festival, the Ditan Park Music Festival, the Chongqing Jazz Festival, Jarasum International Jazz Festival and at major venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Gao graduated from UNI in 2006 with BA in music performance and in 2011 completed an MA in jazz performance at the City College of New York.

高太行,2006年以来活跃在北京爵士音乐界的的萨克斯演奏家和作曲家。作为“红手”五重奏乐队的成员之一和他自 己的四重奏和三重奏乐队的主导者,他为北京爵士音乐做出了重要贡献。此外,他还积极参与了其他风格和流派的 音乐活动,包括“Three Sergeants Syndrome”,“北京城市大乐队”,Afrokoko Roots 和 “不一定” 等音乐团体。他参 与了“九门音乐节”, “迷笛爵士节”, “地坛音乐节”, "重庆爵士节","海龟岛国际音乐节"以及北京, 上海, 广州和成都等多 地的演出活动。高太行于2006年获得美国北艾奥瓦大学音乐表演学士学位,于2011年获得纽约城市学院爵士演奏硕 士学位。

YOUNG GU KIM

Young Gu Kim is a guitarist and composer from Korea. 

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and master’s degree from the City College of New York. 

His teachers include John Abercrombie, John Patitucci, Steve Cardenas, Ben Monder, Jesse van Ruller. 

He has been involved in various musical projects and performed in Seoul, Oslo, Porto, Amsterdam, and New York. 

He led his own quartet consisting of young talented musicians from New York City, and released his debut recording “Small Community” in 2014.

Zhang Ke 

张柯（贝斯）

张柯，Double Bass和ElectricBass 演奏家，现居北京。 张柯从小在一个音乐团体的大院中长大，学习小提琴。但多才多艺的他在大学时选择了学习美术，几年后毕业于西安美术学院。

音乐对于张柯始终是生活的重要部分， 在年少时对摇滚音乐的喜爱让他始终与音乐为伴，并且在接触了爵士乐后张柯自然地很快掌握了爵士乐的即兴理论，而他挑选了现代音乐中节奏动感的灵魂乐器—贝斯。在重新回归音乐的开始，张柯来到上海，很快在上海爵士圈成为当地乐手中经常受邀合作的贝斯手之一。

2009年，张柯移居北京， 开始了和国内众多顶尖音乐家的合作，如美籍华人萨克斯手NathanielGao高太行， 意大利钢琴家Moreno Donald, 美国鼓手Alex Morris等，现担任国内著名钢琴家夏佳的三重奏及四重奏乐队的贝斯手。张柯和乐队的伙伴们近年来的演出足迹遍及国内外，特别是在南非，日本等地，张柯驾驭Double Bass的能力深得爵士音乐圈同行音乐家的赞誉。作为国内的爵士贝斯手，张柯受邀担任国际级一线萨克斯演奏家Antonio Hart中国巡演北京站的指定贝斯手。

Xiao Dou 

刘兴宇（小豆）

小豆是北音爵士乐学院打击乐系教师团队的最新成员。于2001年开始走上了职业演奏的道路，之后的岁月中他的名字遍及了国内最优秀的爵士乐队乐手的名单中。曾多次应邀参加九门爵士节和上海的Jz爵士节表演，并在那时被杂志“Time Out”评为当今最活跃的青年音乐家。

2009年以优异的成绩被荷兰Prins Claus Conservatory(王子音乐学院)破格年中录取，并开始了历时四年的欧洲留学生活。在荷兰留学期间，倍受独具特色的欧洲古典和欧洲风格的爵士音乐的影响。使得他对音乐的理解产生了脱胎换骨般的洗礼…