Mark David Elliott

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• Posted Ray Harris serves up nu jazz, funk, soul, Latin, Afro Beat and electronica this Tue/Wed/Thur at Jz Club to Shanghaiist
  Ray Harris "an exceptionally talented keyboard player who pushes Jazz into the electronic slip stream with an experimental fusion of jazz, funk and soul" (Will Page, Straight No Chaser) is performing at Jz Club, Shanghai this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. After studying jazz and blues at the National Jazz Institute in Glasgow, Harris has performed extensively in the last 3-4 years as Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience with a band of professional sessions...
• Posted Wu Yue Ren Jia (吴越人家): an inexpensive lunch/dinner spot to Shanghaiist
  This chain noodle restaurant was established over ten years ago and though there used to be 12 restaurants in the chain, only 5 remain. The quality of the food has, in our experience lacked consistency in standard but, the restaurant IS consistently clean and pleasingly inexpensive. On some days we’ve eaten extremely good noodles. Fresh ingredients, good service (a chance to practice your Chinese), and clean surroundings is what keeps us coming back. Unfortunately sometimes...
• Posted When 2 turntables just aren't enough... micro brings you Jeff Milligan to Shanghaiist
  In our 10 years of clubbing life we have never seen anything like this: The DJ with the fast fingers is Jeff Milligan and if you like him you can see him live at Air Bar this Saturday. His website says: Jeff's highly technical, three/four turntable style put him in high demand across North America and by the age of twenty, Jeff was playing the Midwest circuit (Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland etc.) and nationwide, all over...
• Posted Gll Wonton...(spelt G L L) to Shanghaiist
  Gll Wonton has nearly 80 restaurants all over Shanghai, all open 24 hours, they also deliver. Convenience is the key word here. The wontons are stored frozen, so this isn’t fine cuisine. The surroundings are moderately dirty, the ambience dull, and the staff inconsistent. Without much style, no English menu, and no real buzz the reason we're writing about Gll Wonton is simply about the Wonton. Despite their wonton being frozen, they taste pretty good....
• Posted Sexual-kaleidoscope choreography at Shanghai Dance Festival to Shanghaiist
  In its second year, the first independent dance festival in China brings lust, desire, sensuality and sexuality to the stage. The Shanghai Dance Festival initiated by Jin Xing exhibits works of dance companies from China, Denmark, Israel, Sweden and Switzerland. It’s the show we saw from Switzerland, closing Wednesday night (tonight), by the Dutch actor and choreographer Arthur Kuggeleyn that got us hot under the collar. His composition, “Master of Complications” is a bold exploration...