【Jazz Signature: 陳小滿 Mandy Chan】無國界的爵士音樂風格

從潮州古調到鹿特丹爵士酒吧，Mandy Chan的嗓音是一本通往未知音樂世界的護照。這位精通七國語言、游走於多元樂風的聲樂家，十年來持續以藝術溶解東西疆界，調和傳統與創新。

她的藝術履歷鋪就一條星光熠熠的學院之路：星海音樂學院聲樂學士（優秀畢業生）、荷蘭Codarts藝術大學爵士碩士。而無論是在亞維儂藝術節演繹葡萄牙法朵民謠音樂，或於印度G20峰會與Sur Vasudha樂團首演原創曲目，每個舞台都是她的跨文化實驗室。

細聽她2021年EP《Songs of China》，古箏顫音與低音貝斯對話；期待她2024年與香港音樂人David Tong合作的City Pop專輯《City Lights》。樂評人形容其聲線「如京劇邂逅Ella Fitzgerald」，仍難以涵蓋她突破類型疆界的音樂光譜。

在這個世界音樂盛行的時代，陳敏怡提出革命性的美學主張：潮州民謠可以搖擺，爵士標準曲能以普通話獲得新生。讓我們一起期待她24/5的演出吧！

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From the ancient melodies of Chaozhou to the jazz clubs of Rotterdam, Mandy Chan’s voice is a passport to musical worlds unseen. This polyglot vocalist—fluent in seven languages and as many genres—has spent a decade dissolving boundaries between East and West, tradition and innovation.

Her credentials read like a conservatory’s honor roll: a Xinghai Conservatory bachelor’s (with distinction), a Codarts jazz master’s, and a 2014 Chinese Jazz New Forces Award. Yet it’s her artistic alchemy that truly dazzles. Whether interpreting Portuguese fado at Avignon’s 2024 Off Festival or premiering original fusion works at India’s G20 summit with the Sur Vasudha Orchestra, Chan treats every stage as a cross-cultural laboratory.

Listen closely to her 2021 EP Songs of China, where guzheng trembles against walking basslines, or anticipate her 2024 city-pop collaboration City Lights with Hong Kong producer David Tong. Critics hail her sound as "where Peking opera meets Ella Fitzgerald"—a description that barely captures her genre-defying range.

In an era of world music, Chan’s work proposes a radical idea: that a Chaozhou folk tune can swing, that a jazz standard can breathe new life in Mandarin. Let's look forward to her performance on May 24th!

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📅 日期| Date：24th May, 2025
🕒 時間| Time：8-10pm
📍 地點 | Location：CODA Jazz Kissa, Sai Ying Pun

Mandy Chan | Vocal
Lin Li | Keys
Sylvain Gagnon | Bass
Nate Wong | Drums