Tianjin City Center Dedication

My new friend from TPBS Radio, Carmen Rogers, who owns an English School, here, did the Chinese translation of our mutual friend, Spencer Chen's English dedication speech,on Thursday, August 31, for the building he designed, exterior and interior, buil...

 

Not "Goodbye" but "See ya, later!"

All good things come to an end! Performing at Broadies Tavern was a real experience for me for a few reasons: 1. I am the first American Jazz singer to perform in this city of 10 million people, and China's 3rd largest city. 2. The Doobie Doo ...

 

Diva JC and Chinese Music Students

I first met saxophonist Wang Tong my first night at Broadies Tavern, when he sat in with my band. We became fast friends and on Monday, August 29th, I visited the Wang Tong International Music Center in Tianjin, China, where I lectured a room full of y...

 

Asia Overland 2006

After more than two months in the Middle Kingdom (Zhong Guo; China) we had visited many, many temples. We had travelled across the north of the country, mostly along and around the Yellow River (Huang He) and most of the temples that we had encountered...

 

my life...on the road

start my journey at the age of 17, walking on the street alone with all guys speak different language from which i do. NObody understand me ,and i understand nobody neither... good. give it up or life goes on. did not think too much and 7 years already...

 

Diva JC making Jazz history in Tianjin, China

Friday, August 18, 2006, was my historical Jazz debut in China's third largest city, Tianjin. From August 18 to September 9, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I'll be at Broadies Tavern with a young quintet, comprised of Gong on bass, Kun on piano, Yu...

 

Planning CUE Jazz

Carl Hill and I traveled to Tianjin to garner support for a 3-year plan to organize a jazz festival and music conference. The idea evolved from when I performed at Broadies Bar in September 2006. Chris Hagen, the owner of Broadies and Carl approached m...

 

Women in Jazz Lecture in China

Today, I gave my first lecture in China, on WOMEN IN JAZZ. I've given this lecture to over 5,000 kids in the U.S.A., but this was the first opportunity I had to give the lecture/concert to kids in Asia. All of the kids spoke English and they really...