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New Release: “Alec Haavik & The Shanghai Shindiggers”

December 6, 2019 By Christian Bossert Leave a Comment

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Alec Haavik & The Shanghai Shindiggers

“Nu-Lindy” by Alec Haavik & The Shanghai Shindiggers directly from Shanghai, China.

Alec Haavik & The Shanghai Shindiggers

Release date: December 5, 2019

Digital Album

Buy from: Bandcamp – USD 7 or more ・・・ Amazon

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

About Alec Haavik

Taken from the website smartshanghai.com. Follow the link to read the full story.

I’m a musician from the US. I studied the Chinese language when I was in college and spent a semester in Taipei studying Chinese, which was a mind opening experience.

Living in a foreign country was a very intense experience at that time, but the amazing rewards of being in a different country and a different culture stayed with me.

Years later, after struggling as a jazz musician in New York City, I found that this was still calling me, this experience of being an expat.

About The Album

Taken from their bandcamp profile:

The Shindiggers take you on an adventure in the rhythm of swing!

Alec Haavik, an icon of Shanghai jazz, leads this exciting and fun group comprising Shanghai’s most brilliant jazz players, and featuring the wonderful vocalist Jade Lee.

The Shindiggers draw inspiration from classic artist from the 1920’s through the 1950’s, and have already built a repertoire of music by such greats as Jimmy Lunceford, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington.

With this debut album, the Shindiggers enter “Phase II” — presenting songs in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese: original compositions and arrangements in the swing rhythm, pushing boundaries by incorporating modern jazz harmony, Chinese musical instruments, and even electronic music production techniques!

They call this style “Nu-Lindy”. Let’s go to a NEW golden era of jazz with The Shindiggers!

Personnel

Alec Haavik – Tenor Sax, Vocal
Jade Lee – Vocal
Hu Dan Feng – Trumpet
Nik Xue – Alto Sax
Scott Dennison – Guitar
Sean Xiao – Piano
Brian Hurley – Bass
Charles Foldesh – Drums

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Chris aka DJ Chrisbe is the founder and editor-in-chief of Swing DJ Resources and Shuffle Projects. Since 2006, he has been DJing all over Europe and abroad. Follow him on Twitter.

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