Bob James brings smooth jazz to town

JZ Club has started hosting concerts at the Shanghai Center Theater (the one in the Portman Ritz-Carlton building) and the next one is tomorrow (Friday, that is). This show is featuring Bob James, the smooth jazz pianist who recently recorded his album "Angels of Shanghai" here in town with a number of local traditional intrumentalists. There's more information about the project on Bob James' website.

Performers:
LI li - pipa (琵琶)
LIU zhen - erhu (二胡)
LU cong - dizi (笛子)
MA jiajun - erhu (二胡)
Gene JACKSON - drums
Bob JAMES - piano
Tetsuo SAKURAI - bass
Jack LEE - guitar
XIA tao - gu qin (古琴)

Tickets are available at JZ Club or through Smart Shanghai, and are 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500 kuai. There will also be tickets for sale at the door.

Start time: 7:30pm (2 sets of approx 1 hour with 15 minute break)
Friday 21 November 2008
Shanghai Centre Theatre
南京西路1376号710室
1376 Nanjing Road West, Suite 710
Tel: 6279-8600

If you can't go tomorrow or would rather see Bob James in a more intimate (read: crowded) setting, you can also see him on Saturday night at JZ Club. However, for this show he will only be performing with his quartet and not the "Angels". We don't know why not, if the big band can pack 17 people onto the stage every other Saturday night, why can't they fit a couple of guzhengs and pipas up there?

For last Saturday's special concert at JZ they were charging 150 rmb at the door. We're guessing this one will be the same.

Saturday 22 November 2008
JZ Club
复兴西路46号
46 West Fuxing Road
Tel: 64310269
Start 9:30pm (2 sets of about 1 hour with 20/30 minute break)
***Please note the unusual start time***

Bob James Quartet

Gene JACKSON - drums
Bob JAMES - piano
Tetsuo SAKURAI - bass
Jack LEE – guitar

Cross-posted from Shanghai Jazz Scene