In the Green Room: Layering Legacies of Asian and Black American Women in Jazz
Concept and composition: Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka
World Premiere – January 12 & 13, 2023
Commissioned by Asia Society
Asia Society, New York
Director: Jean Randich
Lighting and Stage Design: Clifton Taylor
Producer: Rachel Cooper
Performers: Jen Shyu (vocals, Taiwanese moon lute, Japanese biwa, Korean gayageum), Sumi Tonooka (piano), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), Linda May Han Oh (bass)
Funding for In the Green Room: Layering Legacies of Asian and Black American Women in Jazz has generously been provided by a grant from the Doris Duke Foundation with additional funding from the Asia Society Performing Arts Fund.
This project is part of Creative Inflections, a first-of-its-kind initiative of the Doris Duke Foundation that supports leading jazz artists to partner with presenting organizations in innovative collaborations that enable artists to take creative risks and expand the genre’s listenership by attracting younger and more diverse audiences.
Rehearsal photo credit: Jean Randich