| Music Artist profile |  | Jamwave URL: jamwave.com/birdmew | Genre: Jazz / Bossa Nova / Jazz Fusion | | Location: SANTA MONICA, California | | Jammin' since: 2006 | Influenced by:
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WEN MEW - SAXELLIST, FLUTIST, JOURNALIST, ATTY.'s Fan Club - (13) fans view all...  Fish fan / musician / dj / label |
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Bio / History | Wen specializes in ballades, bossas and bebop, but will play smooth jazz, rap, latin, fusion etc. upon request and $$$$.
Wen has B.S. Univ of Ca-Berkeley, J.D. Hastings College of the Law, Columbia Grad Sch of Journalism, and more importantly for this blog the STANFORD JAZZ WORKSHOP where he was coached by TOOTIE HEATH AND HARVEY WAINAPEL. WEN IS PROFILED IN SANTA MONICA DAILY NEWS WWW.SMDP.COM APRIL 21,2008, CALLED "THE CHINESE BIRD OF SANTA MONICA" L.A. JAZZ SCENE FEB. 2003. BEEN IN TWO MOVIES, "THE JOY LUCK CLUB" AND MOST RECENTLY "DRILL BIT TAYLOR" starring OWEN WILSON.
Entire catalogue of music available at www.europamp3.org. Go to www.myspace.com/wenmew1 for 10 tunes, and www.myspace.com/wenmew for more.
Email wenmew@verizon.net for gigs, concerts, parties, lessons, health , politics etc. |
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wen is profiled by the SANTA MONICA DAILY NEWS www.smdp.com April 21, 2008, called the "chinese Bird of Santa Monica", L.A. Jazz Scene Feb. 2003, the southland's only jazz newspaper.
wen has been in two movies, the recent DRILLBIT TAYLOR staring Owen Wilson, scenes were shot at 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica; you'll see Wen 15 minutes into the movie on the right side of the screen playing GIANT STEPS for some tourists. also many scenes were shot around Beverly Hills, Hollywood High etc.
In THE JOY LUCK CLUB, you'll see Wen's shiny alto flute in the band for the Shanghai Night Club scene where Santa Monica's RUSSELL WONG is dancing with the prostitute. This scene was shot at the Filoli Mansion on the peninsula, exteriors and interiors to the mansion of a rich Chinese merchant. The music was actually recorded in Socal; we were given the music and told to mimic the score as it played. The original music actually came from so-called jazz played in Shanghai in the 1930s and transcribed in Hollywood, and the instrumentation in the movie accurately portrayed the instruments used in Shanghai in the 1930s. e.g. there was a violinist and a accordion player in the called Shanghai Jazz Club band. The producers of the movie tried their best to make a good movie which i thought should have an academy award movie except SHINDLERS LIST deservedly won that year.
for more mewsic,
entire catalogue in europe, paris-switzerland at www.europamp3.org, click musicians then W for Wen Mew,
For gigs, concerts, parties, weddings, artist openings, lessons, etc. email wenmew@verizon.net
310-434-9639(WMEW)
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