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Don’t tell singer, songwriter, and bandleader Vivi Hu that fairy tales never come true.
Once upon a time, a young girl was born in Xiamen, China, where she grew up studying traditional Chinese music, along with vocals and flute. After her first exposure to jazz at a festival in Shanghai, she ambitiously determined to infuse jazz into traditional Chinese music. This determination led her to study in New York City, where she earned a master’s in music with a focus in jazz performance for voice, formed her own fusion band, and released her recorded debut.
Don’t tell Vivi Hu that fairy tales never come true, because this is her story.
Vivi Hu first discovered her love of gospel music singing in a choir and realized that music was her calling. New Creation, Hu’s collection of original gospel hymns and praise released in February 2018, is her latest chapter. “As long as I can express myself in music, and to resonate with others, I think this is success,” Hu explained in a 2018 SinoVision interview. “I think my music will be a success if it can comfort others.”
New Creation is Hu’s first recorded venture in her ambitious goal of harmonizing form and content across/between Western and Eastern musical cultures. Her compositions for New Creation render gospel spirit in jazz, sung in a vocal style that sounds both innocent and expert.
“Genesis” adopts the twin tales of creation and of why/how woman was made so that man and woman could both be complete, with mellow yet crisp electric guitar and Hu’s voice flowing through its bright and supple groove. “Light” is more of a prayer than a tale, its acoustic piano and seductive electric guitar suggesting classic
Once upon a time, a young girl was born in Xiamen, China, where she grew up studying traditional Chinese music, along with vocals and flute. After her first exposure to jazz at a festival in Shanghai, she ambitiously determined to infuse jazz into traditional Chinese music. This determination led her to study in New York City, where she earned a master’s in music with a focus in jazz performance for voice, formed her own fusion band, and released her recorded debut.
Don’t tell Vivi Hu that fairy tales never come true, because this is her story.
Vivi Hu first discovered her love of gospel music singing in a choir and realized that music was her calling. New Creation, Hu’s collection of original gospel hymns and praise released in February 2018, is her latest chapter. “As long as I can express myself in music, and to resonate with others, I think this is success,” Hu explained in a 2018 SinoVision interview. “I think my music will be a success if it can comfort others.”
New Creation is Hu’s first recorded venture in her ambitious goal of harmonizing form and content across/between Western and Eastern musical cultures. Her compositions for New Creation render gospel spirit in jazz, sung in a vocal style that sounds both innocent and expert.
“Genesis” adopts the twin tales of creation and of why/how woman was made so that man and woman could both be complete, with mellow yet crisp electric guitar and Hu’s voice flowing through its bright and supple groove. “Light” is more of a prayer than a tale, its acoustic piano and seductive electric guitar suggesting classic
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