Jazz – An Act of Liberation
By Julia Tan
June 2017 FEATURE
No, jazz is not pretentious. It is good music – wildly good music. Experience it yourself at the Borneo Jazz Festival.The Cape Jazz Band.It is the sort of day you don’t want to end. The casuarina trees are dark against the cobalt blue of dusk, as is the Miri skyline. P. Ramlee’s “Getaran Jiwa” – the jazzed up version – fills the breezy air. Finger-plucked guitar strings and a sultry tempo alter and at the same time do immense justice to...
Julia Tan
went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.
