Atypical Airship

Jazz in China may be little known, but jny: Shanghai-based composer and guitarist Jun Xiao is no doubt among the earliest to shape the landscape. His sophomore effort Atypical Airship (Blue Note/Universal Music China, 2022) visualizes the personal astro-Arcadia, blurs genre lines and especially blends jazz dynamics with rock form, breaks limitations of his musical identity, and showcases a well-selected group of China’s first-line jazz musicians… [ read more ]