Jazz in China

[Randy W]

Kind of a fluff piece - it starts off by mentioning the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom with Kate Capshaw in the Shanghai night club - but it may be of interest

When Jazz was Banned in China

Like Berlin in the 1920s, Shanghai was a place of free wheeling love, gambling, and drugs.

Edit: or try this article - Can jazz thrive in China?

August 14, 2015 8.20pm AEST

See also CFL topic Meet the Queen of Shanghai Jazz

 

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Jazz was loved by everyone, rich and poor. At the wedding of Chiang Kai-shek (leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975), Josephine Baker's 'I'll be Loving you Always' was played. African-American jazz players, fleeing racists laws in the US, found a home in Shanghai. The best jazz bands came to play and added to the already large selection of jazz options for the city's discerning music lovers.

It all came to an end after the communist takeover of 1949. It was deemed 'yellow' music and outright banned. Yellow is a term to describe something bad, seedy, immoral (think pornography and drugs). The music genre was too closely associated with the decadence of the past government. It was also associated with the colonial powers that humiliated China for so many years. Amazingly, jazz has seen a resurgence in today's more open China.

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

from Goldthread on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/goldthread2/posts/726976741143402

Goldthread

The Old Men of the Shanghai Jazz Scene

 

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Meet one of the oldest jazz bands in the world.

These fellas have lived through the Cultural Revolution, when jazz was banned in China, and played for numerous world leaders, including Justin Trudeau of Canada.

https://www.facebook.com/goldthread2/videos/2484507908253432/

Edited February 13, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

 

 

New documentary showcases popularity of jazz in China
Karina Huber
Karina Huber@kkat31

Published April 28, 2021 at 5:17 PM
Friday marks International Jazz Day.

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It’s a day that was declared by the United Nations in 2011 to highlight the musical genre and its diplomatic role in bringing people of all cultures together.

A new documentary that can be viewed on Friday looks at “Jazz in China” from the early 20th century to today.

CGTN’s Karina Huber reports.

 

 

Edited April 30, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)