Do you know the story of Chinese jazz ...... How was it born and how did it grow? What kind of splendor has it had in the past? What hope does the future hold?

On November 4, 19:30, 2024 Jazz Shanghai 20th Anniversary Opening Ceremony: “China Jazz Opening Ceremony” will be held in Shanghai - this is the 20th anniversary of Jazz Shanghai, and the 100th anniversary of Chinese jazz!

Chinese pop band ADO, China's first original jazz album creator Kong Hongwei, Golden Melody Award-winning composer Qin Sifeng, 10-billion-dollar box-office composer Peng Fei, jazz vocalist Gu Feng, Jazzman Li Quan, the first Chinese vocalist to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Zhao Ke, renowned trumpet player Li Xiaochuan, and jazz guitarist Zhang Xiongguan, Jazz pianist Yang Guang, jazz singer Xi Chen Chen, rapper Little Tiger, the “Godfather of Chinese Rock” Cui Jian ...... Nearly 100 jazz musicians from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhuhai and other cities make up the luxurious lineup! Cui Jian!

 

Important figures who have written China's jazz history will be present, and China's old, middle-aged and young jazz greats will gather together, not only to present special adaptations of classic Chinese jazz, but also to play some pioneering works that have never been recorded before! We will also invite one of the “Godfathers of Chinese Jazz” and pay our highest respect to him!

 

In addition, the festival will be a stage play, incorporating a fantastic puppet show, taking you on a fantastic jazz journey through time and space. ......

 

A hundred years of China's jazz history is at the China Jazz Power Gala! It will go down in history as the first jazz extravaganza in the history of Chinese pop music, and we will witness the history together!