JASON KAO HWANG
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, 21st Century Modern, Eclectic Fusion • United States

For The Far East Side Band search under The Far East Side Band. The music of Jason Kao Hwang (composer/violin/viola) explores the vibrations and language of his history. His compositions are often narrative landscapes through which sonic beings embark upon extemporaneous, transformational journeys.  His most recent releases, Conjure, a duo recording with Karl Berger, and Blood, performed by Burning Bridge, his octet of Chinese and Western instruments, is receiving critical acclaim.  In 2019, 2018, 2013 and 2012, the El Intruso International Critics Poll voted him #1 for Violin/Viola.  In 2017 Downbeat Magazine named his quintet recording Sing House (Eunoymus) as one of the Best CDs of the Year. He was also the co-composer/violinist for Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of The White Snake, presented by Baltimore’s Center Stage. His 2015 CD Voice (Innova), which features vocalists Deanna Relyea and Tom Buckner performing East Village poetry with different ensembles, received read more...