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Taiwanese jazz pianist and composer
Jo-Yu Chen
Background information
BornTaiwan
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentPiano
LabelsSony Music
Websitewww.joyuchen.com
Musical artist

Jo-Yu Chen is a Taiwanese jazz pianist and composer.

Life and career

Chen was born in Taiwan and initially studied classical music. She particularly listened to Romantic composers and moved aged 16 to New York's Juilliard School, mainly to study oboe. She became exposed to other kinds of music there, and became more interested in jazz. She later obtained a PhD in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She then continued her studies at The New School and took jazz piano lessons from Sam Yahel.

Chen's first album, Obsession, was released in 2009. This was followed three years later by another trio album, Incomplete Soul. In 2014, Chen, as "the first Taiwanese jazz artist signed to a major label", released Stranger, an album consisting largely of her original compositions.

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded Title Label Personnel/Notes
2009,2011* Obsession Sony Music Taiwan Trio, with Chris Tordini (bass), Tommy Crane (drums), one track with Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
2012* Incomplete Soul Sony Music Most tracks trio, with Chris Tordini (bass), Tommy Crane (drums); one track quartet, with Andy Lin (erhu) added
2014* Stranger Okeh, Sony Music Most tracks trio, with Chris Tordini (bass), Tommy Crane (drums); some tracks quartet, with Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar) added
2019* Savage Beauty Sony Music Most tracks trio, with Chris Tordini (bass), Tommy Crane (drums); some tracks quartet, with Mark Turner (sax) added

12/22/2023* |Walking Through Fear |Single |Sony Music |with Richard Lin (1st Violin), Hsuan-Hao Hsu (2nd Violin), Grace Huang (Viola), Tsao-Lun Lu (Cello) added

02/16/2024* |Schubert & Mozart: Round Midnight |EP |Sony Music with Chris Tordini (bass) and Tommy Crane (drums) added

References

  1. ^ McClenaghan, Dan (20 May 2014) "Jo-Yu Chen: Stranger (2014)" Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine. AllAboutJazz.
  2. ^ Ross, Jon (March 2010) "Pianist Chen's Jazz Focus Sparks Musical Transformation". DownBeat. p. 49.
  3. McClenaghan, Dan (2 February 2012) "Jo-Yu Chen Trio: Incomplete Soul (2012)". AllAboutJazz.
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