Hong Kong’s queen of jazz, whose last album Tasting went gold this month, pays tribute to Canto-pop legends Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung in her new album, Present
You could say that Jolie Chan is having a pretty great month: the announcement that her last album had gone gold arrived right before both her 40th birthday and the release of her new record, Present. To Chan, who has been singing since she was six, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry certifying last year’s Tasting as having sold more than 20,000 copies was a dream come true.
In the digital age, where platforms such as Spotify, iTunes and YouTube offer instant music streaming, Chan decided that her song choices and hi-fi disc design would reflect a more vintage sensibility. She banded together with Hong Kong design guru Alan Chan, known for his work for the Mandarin Oriental and a contribution to M+, to come up with a sleek cover with a touch of Hollywood glam.
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