"Chat" Sounding Trio

Entrance Fee 門票: $200

music starts 表演 : 9.00pm

"Chat" Sounding Trio

Monique Chao (vocal)

Vocalist and pianist. After graduated in classical music in Taipei has moved to Italy. For years she has been working in the opera house and teaching in the schools. Now studies jazz piano in Conservatorio F.Cilea in Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Steve Smith (guitar)

Originally from Australia, Steve Smith is currently living in Taipei with his family. Steve studied music in Sydney and Tel Aviv, Israel and played the pub rock scene in Canberra and in Sydney. Since arriving in Taipei he has shifted his focus to jazz regularly attending jam nights and performing at some of his favourite clubs in Taipei with his trio/group.

Vincent Hsu (bass)

Vincent (Tsung-Yu) Hsu was born in Changhua, Taiwan, and grew up in Kaoushiung. He moved to New York in 2002 to pursue his master’s degree in TESOL at The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY). Meanwhile, he began studying acoustic bass with legendary musicians, including Cecil McBee, Victor Venegas, Andy González, and John Schaeffer (former Principal Bassist for the New York Philharmonic).

He is currently the lecturer at the National Taiwan University of the Arts. His debut album, “Homeland,” released in 2014, has won the “Jazz Album of the Year” by the 5th Golden Indie Music Award in Taiwan.