Liu Sola
Liu Sola (Chinese: 刘索拉; b.1955 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese composer, author, and vocalist.[1]
She has worked with James Blood Ulmer, Jerome Bailey, Wu Man, Henry Threadgill, Umar Bin Hassan, and Bill Laswell.
She is influenced by Chinese folk music, though she has also studied opera, and following her love of Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin toured the Mississippi Delta studying blues and playing with blues musicians. In the mid-80's she led an all female psychedelic Pink Floyd influenced band and in 1988 formed a reggae band.
In September 2001 she founded the New Folk Big Band in China.
Bibliography
Novellas
- Ni Bie Wu Xuanze 你别无选择 (You Have No Choice) (1985)
- Blue Sky Green Sea (1985)
- In Search of the King Of Singers (1986)
Novels
- Chaos And All (1989)
- 大继家的小故事 Small Tales of the Great Ji Family (2000)
- （女贞汤）Female Purity Soup（2003）
- LA GRANDE ÎLE DES (TORTUES - COCHONS)
- La Piccola Storia Della Grande Famiglia Ji
Play
- Fantasy of the Red Queen（2006）
Discography
- Blues in the East (1994)
- China Collage (1996, with Wu Man)
- Haunts（1997）
- June Snow（1998）
- Spring Snowfall（2000）
- Sola and Friends （1999）
- Apparitions（2000）
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