MACY CHEN

This is a true story that spans three generations; a grandfather and a granddaughter who never met each other but shared a surprisingly mirrored life in music.  As a jazz musician in the 1930s, the grandfather left home for Japan, a burgeoning music hub, to pursue a life in music. Fast-forward to 2002, Liu’s granddaughter, a talented singer, gave up her flourishing career in Taiwan to follow her passion for Jazz to New York City. It all started with Chin- Chang Liu. Liu was born in Chiayi, Taiwan in 1911, during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. He taught himself to play saxophone, clarinet and violin while attending high school. In 1935, he went to Japan to further his studies in music, but returned to Taiwan five years later to wed the woman who would soon follow him back to Japan. A year later, his wife returned to Taiwan to give read more...