we just had a photo session with jz8 this morning. these are some of the shots (from me, not from the professional photographer!)....

some updates:

[1] after 3 months of searching, we have finally found the elusive jazz vocalist for jz8, our chinese pop/jazz duo! she is a veteran singer with 20 years of singing behind her. not only she sounds sophisticated; she looks sophisticated as well! unlike 2v1g, jz8 will take on a more mature repertoire, reviving some chinese oldies from as far back as the 70's. we are very excited about this project!

[2] barring any unforseen circumstances, we would be launching two albums at next year's KLIAV show. the two albums are respectively 2v1g's long-awaited 2nd album and jz8's debut album. there will be live performances by 2v1g and jz8 like what shanghai bookstore did for the chinese singers (lily chen) a couple of years ago.

[3] my preamp has been sent for repair so there won't be any review for the next few weeks. the ps audio vs furutech duel has to be postponed to next month. preliminary feedback from hifi kaki - who helped me to cook the furutech - has been great so we are really eager to do the friendly shoot-out as soon as possible.

[4] master ken is reviewing the black timber platform (from c&o enterprise) for his meridian cdp. this platform is made of walnut entirely and is 3" thick. i will post a photo of it soon.

[5] the distributor for MIT cables has changed hands. absolute hifi is the new distributor now and hi-way laser is its dealer.

we are looking for a female jazz vocalist for our new album...

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yes, bright idea strikes on the auspicious date of 8th of august 2008 - the born of a new jazz duo, tentatively code-named "JZ8". yeah, my fixation on numbers ;-)

i have found a gifted jazz pianist who really plays to my style and preference. i need an excellent female vocalist to complete the duo. she comes in the form of meeia foo [符琼音]- astro talent quest (ATQ) 2005's runners-up.

meeia delivering power-packed covers of "power of love" and "coming home" (2v1g album's 1st song)




so who's better? winnie ho's "coming home" or meeia foo's "coming home"?

unlike 2v1g's winnie ho, i have not much info on meeia except that in the same year she won "the most beautiful voice" award in the world's meet of talent quest held in hk. from youtube, i could see that she is active in china in various singing contests. i don't think anyone has signed her yet so the chance is 50/50.

while my pianist is eager to work with us, we are not sure about meeia. JZ8 is going to be very different from 2v1g but they cover the same genre of mandarin pop.

will she agree to do such a groundbreaking project with us?

i have cast my net to hunt her down.

with experience gained in making 2v1g, we are approaching JZ8 with so much more confidence. another great pop/audiophile crossover album in the making?