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In 1956, it once again became a hotel under the name "Peace Hotel". [8] During the Cultural Revolution, the hotel was used by the Gang of Four, most famously by Zhang Chunqiao as he headed the Shanghai Commune from headquarters in the Peace Hotel. [9] Its Old Jazz Band was recently the basis for a movie, "As Time Goes By" a film by Uli Gaulke. [10]
In July 2010, Croker became the first artist in residence at Shanghai's Peace Hotel Jazz Bar, the oldest and longest-running music club in China. [4] (Both the Jazz Bar and the hotel, now the Fairmont Peace Hotel, date back to the 1920s when it was known as the Cathay Hotel.)
Palace Hotel (No. 19, The Bund), today forms part of the Peace Hotel. Sassoon House (No. 20, The Bund), with the attached Cathay Hotel, was built by Sir Victor Sassoon. It was, and still is today, famous for its jazz band in its cafe. The top floor originally housed Sassoon's private apartment. Today, it forms the other part of the Peace Hotel.
The first jazz clubs in Shanghai initially served as dance halls for the Western elite. Beginning in the 1920s, Shidaiqu entered into the mainstream of popular music. The Chinese pop song " Drizzle " was composed by Li Jinhui around 1927 and sung by his daughter Li Minghui .
In Shanghai is a live concert recording made by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in October, 2010 in Shanghai.An audio CD version was released by Pony Canyon in Japan in January, 2011 and a DVD video version was released in March of the same year.
Peace Hotel is a 1995 Hong Kong action western directed by Wai Ka-fai in his directorial debut, and produced by John Woo. It starrs Chow Yun-fat and Cecilia Yip . Wai wrote the film's screenplay and co-wrote the story with Chow.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
She also performs with her own project bands. She has rearranged Hokkien songs in a contemporary jazz style with Peace Kopitiam Jazz Band (2012 – 2014) and reworked dirty lyrics into Christmas ditties with alternative Christmas band, Naughty “Noor” Nice (2010 – 2015).