Venue: Blue Note
Details: https://www.bluenotetaipei.com/events/tai-bei-lan-diao-zhou-si-te-yan-xu-cong-yi-si-zhong-zou-2
On the second Thursday of the month, veteran pianist Guras Batu is joined by saxophone master Teng-Wen Liu, bassist Yu Jia Liu and drummer Jeffrey Lin for a set of jazz favorites. Amazing pianist Guras Batu will perform popular jazz standards, featuring Kevin Liu on saxophone, Yu Jia Liu on bass and Jeffrey Lin on drums.
About This Event
NT$550 admission, including one selected drink. Opening a bottle from the selected red or white wine list can cover admission for two.
Second Thursday of each month. Show starts at 9:00 p.m.; doors open at 8:00 p.m. Every 2nd Thursday, starts at 9:00 p.m.; doors open at 8:00 p.m.
Live Music Charge w/1 selected drink. Live Music Charge for 2 ppl cover one bottle wine.
＊Cash only＊
Monday through Thursday: buy one bottle of selected red or white wine and get one free with admission.
BOGO on House Wine from Mon. to Thur.
Entrance Fee Included.
[ Guras Batu | Piano ]
He studied classical music from childhood and graduated from Chinese Culture University’s Department of Western Music, majoring in piano with a minor in theory and composition. Since his debut, his solid classical foundation and dazzling jazz-piano technique have made him a rising star. He has performed at Blue Note Taipei, Nanhai Gallery, Luoguo Coffee, Tsing Hua’s Socrates Café and Huillang Café.
A Taiwanese saxophonist, Liu leads regular projects including Quartet on a Day in the Past, Soul Cake and Standard Time. He frequently works with Tseng Tseng-yi, Yeh Cheng-ting, Ma Shih-han, Guras Batu, Yu Jia Liu, Hsieh Tsung-han and WeiChung Lin. In 2017, he earned a doctorate in jazz performance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
In 2013, she took part in filming and recording the score for the movie Dream Sugar Factory. In 2014, she performed with In Tap and the Small Festival Jazz Band at Shuiyuan Theater and premiered her original composition Sleep Devoted.
She began teaching at the National Theater & Concert Hall Jazz Camp in 2015.
She performed on the Taiwan tour for Elin Lee’s debut album Breathing in 2015.
In 2016, she won first place at the Taipei jazz scene’s emerging-artist competition with the band Jazz Gate.
In 2018, she performed at the National Concert Hall in the multimedia crossover musical Passion in Motion.
In 2018, she co-organized an original-music touring project with German pianist Julian Moreen, serving as its coordinator in Taiwan and Asia. The project formed the Julian Moreen Quartet, led by Moreen.
In 2019, she performed in the annual production Taiwan Has a Hollywood, presented by Fun Theater.
In 2019, she toured with the Julian Moreen Quartet at the Taichung Jazz Festival and organized exchanges and performances in Taiwan.
She is dedicated to performance, education and music advocacy, and has appeared in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and elsewhere. She enjoys working with diverse ensembles and has participated in original productions, film scores and recordings, dance, musicals, contemporary theater and other cross-disciplinary projects.
Lin began studying drums at 16 and immersed himself in jazz performance after attending the Taipei International Jazz Camp in 2008. His playing is influenced by Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones, and he studied with Quincy Davis. After serving in the Army Band in 2009, he began performing at Taipei live venues including Blue Note, Yuppy Bookstore, Sappho and Lucia. He now plays every Wednesday at Blue Note Taipei. He has performed and recorded an EP with the Invisible Molecules, played with the Lee Fang-Hsu Trio at the Taipei and Taichung Jazz Festivals, and was the touring drummer for the 9m88 “Musician” channel and 2017 winter tour.
If a performer must be replaced due to circumstances beyond our control, no separate notice will be given. Welcome to Blue Note Taipei. Come enjoy the jazz with us!
Welcome to Blue Note Taipei. Welcome to the Jazz World.