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happened, happening

by YUYING HSU

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Ouverture (pour un film) 04:49
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Catching THE Monk 06:59
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Nellie, My Dear 07:55
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You, in the Past 09:03
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One for Jökulsárlón 09:14
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Amsterdam Red Light District 10:58
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Three People on a Trip 07:25
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Landscape Painting 06:50
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Last Minute 08:11
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Red Velvet 03:04
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about

《happened, happening》 won three 2018 Golden Melody Awards for –
“Best Instrumental Album Producer”
“Best Instrumental Album”
“Best Instrumental Recording Album”


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The Golden Melody Awards, established in 1990, is recognized as the equivalent of the Grammy Awards in Chinese-speaking world.


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For the longest time I've been documenting my life experiences through the sound of music, from everyday thoughts to exotic travels, from private reveries before favorite paintings in a museum to personal notes on the wondrous work of film directors, authors, or jazz masters. Everything that happens in real life inspires me. Each single moment when scrutinized always evokes a wealth of fun. After I'd written a few melodies, finally in the winter of 2012 I went to the Systems Two Recording Studio in New York and recorded my very first jazz quintet album.


I hope the music in this album will transport you to the Red Light District in Amsterdam, where I was once entranced by the unique male scent lingering in the narrow, crowded alleyways and the irresistible, salacious temptations in the display windows; or allow you to feel the butterflies in my stomach as I finally picked a bench under the tree in the Central Park to sit and jotted down music at the last minute before I had to go into the recording studio. Through this album I hope to share with you my peals of unrestrained laughter when sitting alone in my room I found a way to interweave two songs of Thelonious Monk and wrote 'Nellie, My Dear.' And I will always aspire to catch up with Monk the jazz master. Finally, let me tell these stories starting from 'Ouverture (pour un film)'––––the beginning of everything.


Heartfelt thanks go out to Alex Sipiagin, Donny McCaslin, Boris Kozlov, and Donald Edwards, who have brought these pieces alive and far beyond my imagination.


This album is a true analog to my life, past and present. With my heart aflutter, now I present to you "happened, happening."



— YuYing Hsu, October 2017

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released October 20, 2017

MUSICIANS


YuYing Hsu／piano, rhodes
Alex Sipiagin／trumpet, flugelhorn
Donny McCaslin／tenor saxophone
Boris Kozlov／bass
Donald Edwards／drums


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PRODUCTION CREDITS


All music composed by YuYing Hsu
(OP: Warner/Chappell Music Taiwan Ltd.)


Produced by YuYing Hsu


Recorded by Mike Marciano at Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, November 19th, 2012
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Recording, New York City


Cover Artist／Mel Hsieh
Graphic Designer／Jay Guan-Jie Peng [Project On Museum]
Photography by／Dennis Fei [IM-IJ]
Photography by／Mengling Hsieh 謝孟伶
Styling／Jenn Lee [JENN LEE]
Make Up／Sunny Hsu
Hair／Dennis Fei [IM-IJ Studio]
Visual Coordinator／Yi-An She


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Original Compact Disc Publishing Credits –
SONY MUSIC
October, 2017

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