I-Wei Sings Live plus recordings from the Golden Age of Jazz

I-Wei’s love affair with jazz began when she bought her first album at the age of 11 and liked the songs by Cole Porter. She completed the foundation program at the International College of Music with honours and has jammed with vibrant young musicians as part of the Trinity College Jazz Society in Dublin, Ireland. As a jazz singer, she has been compared to Norah Jones and Diana Krall. live singing by The 1930s was the Swing Era, with big bands led by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman making jazz mainstream. Swing’s smooth rhythms and tight arrangements fueled dance halls, while vocalists like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald brought emotion and skill to jazz singing. Kansas City jazz, influenced by the blues, encouraged improvisation, with musicians like Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins redefining the saxophone. Despite the Great Depression, jazz thrived on radio and in ballrooms, offering an escape. By the decade’s end, swing dominated, setting the stage for bebop’s rise in the 1940s and cementing jazz’s cultural impact.

I Wei will sing one or two tracks and this will be general social and discussion about Jazz,

This event will be held in a private home. Max 10 people. Exact details will be sent to confirmed attendees on the day. Please only accept if you are certain you can make it. Non attendees are typically removed from the group.