Twisting Roots by TPO Big Band
The concept of “Twisting Roots” revolves around the theme of cultures and environments becoming intertwined. The cultures and environments in this case are a mix of international cultures, with Jazz music, America’s classical music, and indigenous Taiwanese music being paramount.
"Entwining the flow. Environments / Twisting Roots"
Twisting Roots blends the sounds of an American jazz orchestra with the sonic essence of Taiwan's landscape, merging musical instruments and melodies from these distinct cultural backgrounds. It fosters a continuous interweaving and interaction of music styles, creating a new and unique sonic experience. TPO Big Band has the unique position of being able to thrive by entwining diverse cultures in Taiwan, fusing the Jazz tradition with traditional Taiwanese songs and instruments, creating a new sound texture and auditory experience. TPO is outlining a new genre and a unique musical landscape indigenous to Taiwan, born from individual cultural backgrounds and grown into a style and aesthetic uniquely and simultaneously cosmopolitan and Taiwanese.
文字以「繞」與「境 」為主題概念，而英文名稱為 Twisting Roots。專輯以「繞」作為音樂織體、「境」作為土地文化，發展出臺灣音樂 Twisting Roots （盤旋交錯的根）的多元樣貌。
繞．境 / Twisting Roots
這張專輯以《繞．境 Twisting Roots》為主題，將來自美國的爵士大樂團聲響、臺灣土地的聲音這兩種不同土地文化背景的音樂、樂器與歌謠揉合再生，在音樂風格上持續交織與互動，創造新的獨特音樂與聲響。
以「繞」作為音樂交織概念、「境」代表土地性與文化性：代表創生於不同文化、並在這塊土地各自發展茁壯的 TPO 爵士大樂團與臺灣傳統器樂 / 曲調共同交織、環繞與揉合出新的聲響質地與聽覺感受。而「Twisting Roots」—交錯繚繞的根 — 將龐雜豐富的文化背景所孕育出的音樂類型揉合、再創，梳理出新的音樂類型與獨特的土地音樂風貌，「土生」自個別文化背景，融合後「土長」出風格與審美獨特的臺灣混聲。
Special Thanks to everyone involved in this project. The amount of time, passion and dedication that went into this is unimaginable, but the results are the creation of something very beautiful, very unique and this is only the beginning! More to come!
Tracklist
| 1. | 移動肖像 Moving Portraits | 9:25 |
| 2. | 好客戲 The Great Hakka Song | 6:02 |
| 3. | 港都夜雨 Nightfall Harbour Rain | 7:58 |
| 4. | 煞猛來打拼 Working Hard | 8:41 |
| 5. | 優雅如你 Elegant | 7:02 |
| 6. | 天公落水 Play in the Rain | 7:26 |
| 7. | 哭訴 Cemangit | 16:57 |
Credits
製作人 Producer - 高杰 Jim Geddes
錄音 Sound Engineer - Andy Baker
混音、編輯 Mixing/Editing - Andy Baker、高杰 Jim Geddes、林克安 Derrick Lin
錄音助理 Sound Engineer Assistant 徐振程 Jason Hsu
錄音室 Recording Studio - 玉成戲院錄音室 YuChen Cinema Studios
Guest Artists :
鼻笛 Nose Flute/ 原住民女歌手 Indigenous Female Vocalist - 少妮瑤 Sauniaw.Tjuveljevelj
中國笛 Chinese Bamboo Flute - 劉士瑜 Shih Yu Liu
嗩吶 Suona -黃博裕 PoYu Huang
二胡 Erhu - 陳依芳 Evon Chen
Band Personnel 團員
中音薩克斯風、長笛、中音長笛、低音長笛、黑管、低音黑管、倍低音黑管、高音薩克斯風 Alto Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contra Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone - 高杰 Jim Geddes
中音薩克斯風、黑管 Alto Saxophone, Clarinet - 李哲安 Che An Li
中音薩克斯風 Alto Saxophone - Damiano Niccolini
次中音薩克斯風、長笛 Tenor Saxophone, Flute - 段承洋 Cloony
次中音薩克斯風、長笛、黑管 Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet - 林秉宏 (阿強) Art Chang
上低音薩克斯風 Baritone Saxophone - 譚文雅 Wenya Tan
小號、柔音號 Trumpet, Flugelhorn - 丹尼 Danny Deysher
小號、柔音號、效果小號 - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Effects Yannick Barman
小號、柔音號 Trumpet, Flugelhorn - 羅丹 Dan Luo
小號、柔音號 Trumpet, Flugelhorn - 何政融 2MAO
小號、柔音號 Trumpet, Flugelhorn - 李廷芳 Ting Fang Li
長號 Trombone - 林庭揚 Brandon Lin
長號 Trombone - 王翊丞 Yih Cheng Wang
長號 Trombone - 賴奕如 Momo Lai
長號 Trombone - 宇新樂 Nicolas Rusillon
低音長號 Bass Trombone - 王則旻 Che Min Wang
按鍵倍低音長號 Cimbasso - 陳健勛 Chris
鋼琴、管風琴 Piano, Organ - 傅麥特 Matthew Fullen
電吉他、木吉他 - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar 霍班 Ben Holt
鐵琴、木琴、打擊樂器 - Vibraphone, Marimba, Percussion 周嘉慧 ChiaHui Chou
低音提琴 Double Bass - 林克安 Derrick Lin
爵士鼓、木箱鼓 Drums, Cajon - 詹無季 Baron Jan
打擊樂器、木箱鼓 Percussion, Cajon - 鄭嘉富 Chia Fu Cheng
Composers and Arrangers
Moving Portraits 移動肖像 - Comp. Matthew Fullen, Arr. Alan Ferber
好客戲 - Comp. 蕭詩偉, Arr. Claudio Jr De Rosa
港都夜雨 - Comp. 楊三郎, 謝智揚 ChihYang Hsieh
煞猛來打拼 - Arr. Jamey Simmons
優雅如你 - Comp. Matthew Fullen, Arr. Alan Ferber, Arnie Sainz
天公落水 - Arr. Claudio Jr De Rosa
哭訴 - Comp. 少妮瑤 Sauniaw.Tjuveljevelj, Arr. Aaron Hedenstrom, 傅麥特 Matthew Fullen, 高杰 Jim Geddes, 霍班 Ben Holt
製作執行 Album Admin 林克安 Derrick Lin, 劉士瑜 Shih Yu Liu, 溫上文 Neil Wen
企劃統籌 Album Preparation 劉士瑜 Shih Yu Liu
樂團執行 Band Admin 溫上文 Neil Wen
協力執行 Assistants 賴奕如, Momo Lai, 李廷芳 Ting Fang Li, 陳雪綾 Nini Chen, 孫博萱 Vicky Sun, 陳姿羽 Patty Chen
動態攝影 Videographer and Photographer 王時彬 Steven Wang
專輯封面 Album Cover Art 蔡子雍 Bruce Tsai, 高杰 Jim Geddes
發行上架 風潮音樂 Wind Music
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Created in May 2020 during the World COVID Pandemic, TPO is an international group of professional musicians based in Taipei that brings the spirit and sound of vintage American jazz into 21st century Taipei.