At the end of July, I had the chance to catch up with Dave Liang, who is creator of The Shanghai Restoration Project (TSRP). TSRP was inspired by the 1930's Shanghai jazz bands that combined traditional Chinese instruments with Western jazz and then combined this fusion with divas singing in Chinese. According to Dave, this style of music disappeared around World War II.

In celebration of the Beijing Olympics, The Shanghai Restoration Project are playing two shows. The first show was earlier this week at the Viper Room in Los Angeles and the NYC show will be at the Canal Room on August 13th. At the shows, Dave will be playing piano along with the tracks, there will be a number of guest vocalists and the music will be synchronized to old and new footage of Shanghai.



Tickets for the show at the Canal Room at $12 in advance.

Links:
The Shanghai Restoration Project's Website
The Shanghai Restoration Project's MySpace Profile