lawrence ku - ProfilesArchive

About Me

guitarist/composer lawrence ku was born raised in los angeles, california. he currently lives in shanghai, china where he is among the central figures in the growing jazz scene. he plays regularly at the jz club in shanghai (www.jzclub.cn) and is the music director at the jz school (www.jz-school.cn). he leads his own bands the lawrence ku septet (a group focusing on his original compositions) and the red groove project (a funk/groove band), is part of the far east quartet (a collaborative quartet involving musicians from shanghai and hong kong), the toby mak quintet, the alec haavik all-stars and the shanghai jazz orchestra. recently, the lawrence ku septet was featured at the helsinki jazz festival in june of 2005. previously, lawrence has resided in beijing, where he taught at the contemporary music institute and the midi school of music, and boston, where he received his music training at the longy school of music (m.a. in composition) and the new england conservatory of music. he has studied with such jazz greats as ben monder, charlie banacos, jerry bergonzi, george garzone, george lewis and carol kaye.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/27/2006
Band Website: lawrenceku.net
Band Members: lawrence ku septet: l.ku (gtr), jq whitcomb (tpt), james danderfer (tnr), andy hunter (tbn), xia jia (pno), ej parker (bass), chris trzcinski (drums). the far east qt: peter scherr (bass, www.peterscherr.com), lawrence ku, toby mak (tpt), chris trzcinski.
Record Label: jz records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the far east quartet: something real

the new cd by the far east quartet is now out. i put some of the tracks on the music player. a couple of the tracks are different takes than the ones previously on the player. the cd...
Posted by lawrence ku on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:42:00 PST

same band, new name

so pltc has changed it's name to the far east quartet as part of it's worldwide marketing blitz. decided pltc sounded too much like the name of a sandwich. we've finally got the ...
Posted by lawrence ku on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:08:00 PST

jz school

just started a new music/language school with some friends in shanghai. i'm in charge of the music program. if anyone's interested, check out the website: www.jz-school.cn...
Posted by lawrence ku on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:07:00 PST

new pltc tunes

just posted a few more tunes from pltc. "thelonious" is a classic tune by the great thelonious monk. "smaller steps" is one of mine, based loosely on giant steps, though i don't think i co...
Posted by lawrence ku on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:58:00 PST

more about pltc

pltc was formed june of 05 by hong kong based bassist peter scherr. peter's a real presence in the improvised music scene in asia. for more info on all his projects, check out his we...
Posted by lawrence ku on Fri, 05 May 2006 07:55:00 PST