Name: 2026兩廳院夏日爵士節慶樂團《菜鳥與布朗尼》
Start: 2026-08-29T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-07T16:00:00.000Z
Location: 國家音樂廳

國家兩廳院 NTCH

Celebrating 15 Years of the NTCH Summer Jazz Project with a Bold Sonic Evolution!

Nicknamed “Bird,” Charlie Parker rose from the streets to redefine jazz through bebop—drawn equally to the fire of improvisation, the pulse of Latin rhythm, and the elegance of classical strings. His bold, expressive language would go on to inspire generations, including trumpeter Clifford Brown.

Marking its 15th anniversary, Taiwan’s most prestigious jazz ensemble is taking things to the next level. Under the leadership of Stacey Wei and Music Director Michael Mossman, the project brings together a stellar cast: drum maestro Rich Huang, saxophonists Antonio Hart, Shawna Yang, and Lee Cheng-yu, trombonist Nick Javier, pianist YuYing Hsu, percussionist Alex Wu, bassist Yohei Yamada, and drummer Cliff Almond. Joining the ranks this year are trumpeter Cheng Li-wei and bassist Liu Yu-chia. With new arrangements by YuYing Hsu and Tracy Yang, the ensemble introduces a lush string section into the mix. This fusion of jazz, classical, and Latin influences offers a grander jazz soundscape.

照片攝於2025兩廳院夏日爵士節慶樂團《酷爵士》彩排 ©高敏智

Summer Jazz Project

The highly-anticipated NTCH Summer Jazz Project was launched in 2012. We gather the most active jazz musicians from throughout Taiwan to perform in the NTCH Jazz Party each year. Since 2012, we have collaborated with the legendary jazz musicians Albert “Tootie” Heath, Jimmy Cobb, Paquito D’Rivera, John Railey, Antonio Hart, and Jeff Rupert. In addition, the internationally renowned music arranger and trumpeter Michael Mossman was invited to serve as our Music Director. In this role, he has created exclusive new arrangements for us. Most recently, we’ve hosted themed concerts such as “Brazilian in the Afternoon” with several Latin tunes and vocalists in 2018, “Tribute to Louis Armstrong” in 2019, “Let’s Mambo” in 2020, “Miles Brew” in 2022, and “Jazz Love Songs” in 2023, “Dear Ellington” in 2024, “Cool Jazz” in 2025, all of which were well-received by jazz enthusiasts.

Trumpet｜Michael Mossman, Stacey Wei, Cheng Li-wei

Saxophone｜Antonio Hart, Shawna Yang, Lee Cheng-yu

Trombone｜Nick Javier

Piano｜YuYing Hsu

Bass｜Yohei Yamada, Liu Yu-chia

Drums｜Rich Huang, Cliff Almond

Percussions｜Wu Cheng-chun (Alex)

Composer｜Tracy Yang

Strings

Violin｜Stephen Huang, Huang Yu-ting, Chang Chia-lun, Chiang Hsin-wei, Lee Yun-chieh, Jeremy Chang

Viola｜Chen Mei-chun

Cello｜Luo Fei-tsuei

照片攝於2025兩廳院夏日爵士節慶樂團《酷爵士》彩排 ©高敏智

Music Director, Trumpet, Composer, Arranger｜Michael Mossman

Michael Philip Mossman has been active on the international scene since the age of 17. He arranged and composed music for the 2012 Academy Award finalist film “Chico and Rita” and appeared as trumpet soloist. Michael has toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, to name but a few. He has played lead trumpet with the Michel Camilo Big Band, and with Jazz at Lincoln Center among many others. He is on faculty at Queens College and Juilliard in New York.

Producer, Trumpet｜Stacey Wei

Stacey Wei is currently a full-time associate professor of the Department of Music, director of the Department of Music and Arts Center in National Dong Hwa University. He holds an M.A. in Jazz Trumpet Performance from Queens College, the City University of New York. Stacey is currently an avid jazz musician in Taiwan and the teaching director of the 1st to 18th NTCH Summer Jazz Workshop, and has served as the curator of the NTCH Summer Jazz Project since 2012. He released his first album Forty-Three, featuring his original works, which was nominated for the Best Instrumental Album in the 33rd Golden Melody Award.

Drums｜Rich Huang

Rich Huang has performed on tens of thousands of recorded singles and holds the national record for most song recordings. Due to his outstanding drumming skills, he is known as the ‘Drum King of Taiwan’ and is the first Taiwanese drummer to sign with American brand Zildjian. He has continued to cross into diverse genres such as pop music, classical music, jazz music and traditional music, and actively participates in jazz education and promotion. He also won 2016 Golden Indie Music Awards and 2020 Golden Melody Awards for “Special Contribution Award”.

照片攝於2025兩廳院夏日爵士節慶樂團《酷爵士》彩排 ©高敏智

Saxophone｜ Antonio Hart

Professor of Saxophone at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College. Hart has spent the past 30 years recording, and touring with many Jazz greats as well as his own ensembles. Along with his teaching at Queens College, Hart is part owner of Element Wing Tsun. In his off time, he likes to compose, and study other genres of music for inspiration. Antonio appreciates the blessings of experiences in life, and tries to express this in his Music, and teaching.

Drums｜Cliff Almond

Cliff Almond is a Professional Drummer who resides in New York City. Cliff has had an extensive career as a recording drummer and live performer, as well as featured Clinician and Producer. Cliff has performed/recorded with such artists as Wayne Krantz, The Manhattan Transfer, Michel Camilo, John Pattitucci, Anthony Jackson, Quruli, Hikaru Utada and others. Cliff Almond is an endorser of Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, Evans Heads, and Dʼaddario Products. Cliff currently teaches online at Cliffalmondmasterclasses.com.

Saxophone｜Lee Cheng-yu

A classical and jazz saxophonist, Lee Cheng-yu teaches saxophone and jazz history/appreciation/theory/performance/big band in Fu Jen Catholic University. Mr. Lee directs the Taipei Jazz Orchestra (TJO) which is one of the most well-known big band around the area. Lee Cheng-yu has been Antigua Saxophone Artist since 2013, D’Addario Artist since 2016. His books Jazz Theory, Daily Exercises for Saxophone are published by Mercury Publishing House.

Saxophone｜Shawna Yang

Shawna Yang is an active Taiwanese jazz musician whose performances have taken her across Asia, Europe, and the United States. Her debut jazz album, Simple Life, received seven nominations at the Golden Indie Music Awards and the Golden Melody Awards, and won the Best Instrumental Album Award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards. She currently teaches at Chung Yuan Christian University, National Dong Hwa University, and Taipei National University of the Arts.