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In May 1999 Liu became the manager of a jazz club called CD Cafe (or CD Jazz Cafe) in his home city of
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715:Clarinetists
687:Third stream
524:Chamber jazz
424:Scat singing
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96:Hanyu Pinyin
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1794:1960 births
1676:Quiet storm
1639:Contradanza
1421:New Orleans
1416:Kansas City
1219:Jazz mugham
1214:Azerbaijani
1138:Second line
1133:Rare groove
1119:Jazz theory
1109:Jazz poetry
1094:Contrafacts
1078:Saint Lucia
1058:New Orleans
990:Strata-East
965:MPS Records
895:Cobblestone
816:Smooth jazz
806:Jazz fusion
750:Trombonists
663:Sacred jazz
648:Smooth jazz
581:Jazz fusion
464:Jazz violin
444:Jazz guitar
419:Jam session
392:Jazz (word)
320:China Daily
207:Switzerland
124:family name
1788:Categories
1661:Brass band
1649:Jump blues
1493:Ethno jazz
1456:Australian
1436:West Coast
1193:Zimbabwean
1033:Copenhagen
955:Mainstream
765:Violinists
755:Trumpeters
725:Guitarists
633:Organ trio
618:Modal jazz
591:Latin jazz
571:Gypsy jazz
469:Vocal jazz
454:Jazz piano
303:References
248:soundtrack
205:, France,
1629:Acid jazz
1486:Worldwide
1472:Brazilian
1269:Bulgarian
1231:Indo jazz
1181:Cape jazz
1068:North Sea
1023:Cape Town
1010:Festivals
985:Riverside
960:Milestone
885:Blue Note
880:Bethlehem
864:post-1950
836:Standards
821:Soul jazz
770:Vocalists
730:Organists
702:Musicians
692:Trad jazz
653:Soul jazz
576:Jazz-funk
564:Punk jazz
554:Free funk
549:Free jazz
544:Folk jazz
534:Dixieland
529:Cool jazz
519:Cape jazz
434:Jazz bass
397:Jazz band
241:Taiwanese
211:Hungarian
171:Biography
1634:Afrobeat
1548:Pre-1920
1533:Jazz Age
1449:Oceanian
1399:American
1373:Canadian
1257:European
1248:Japanese
1209:Armenian
1171:Malawian
1166:Ethiopia
1053:Montreux
1048:Montreal
1043:Monterey
980:Prestige
950:Landmark
935:Impulse!
915:ESP-Disk
844:Pre-1920
801:Hard bop
740:Pianists
720:Drummers
710:Bassists
643:Ska jazz
586:Jazz rap
512:Post-bop
502:Hard bop
402:Big band
237:Cui Jian
153:Liú Yuán
136:Liu Yuan
118:In this
102:Liú Yuán
32:Liu Yuan
1681:Ragtime
1666:Exotica
1622:Related
1528:Ragtime
1506:History
1411:Chicago
1378:Haitian
1357:Swedish
1345:Spanish
1328:Italian
1281:British
1276:Belgian
1243:Iranian
1159:African
1087:Culture
1063:Newport
1038:Jakarta
1028:Chicago
925:Freedom
623:Nu jazz
507:Neo-bop
203:Romania
140:Chinese
1333:Polish
1323:German
1318:French
1303:Danish
1264:Balkan
1226:Indian
1186:Marabi
1143:Venues
670:Stride
613:Marabi
603:M-Base
484:Genres
290:Houhai
243:movie
191:danwei
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1671:Plugg
1644:Blues
1598:2010s
1593:2000s
1588:1990s
1583:1980s
1578:1970s
1573:1960s
1568:1950s
1563:1940s
1558:1930s
1553:1920s
1518:Blues
1388:Cuban
1308:Dutch
1236:Sitar
1202:Asian
995:Verve
859:1940s
854:1930s
849:1920s
826:Swing
786:Bebop
675:Swing
497:Bebop
267:suona
263:suona
255:tenor
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1732:Jazz
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1613:2022
1608:2021
1603:2020
1338:Yass
1073:Pori
975:Muse
811:Scat
412:Jazz
373:Jazz
257:and
970:MPS
945:JMT
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905:CTI
890:BYG
233:ADO
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