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James Fei

James Fei or Fei Cheng-ting (; born Taipei, Taiwan, 1974) is a contemporary classical music and electronic music composer and performer. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. He plays the soprano,

James Fei or Fei Cheng-ting (; born Taipei, Taiwan, 1974) is a contemporary classical music and electronic music composer and performer. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. He plays the soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet. Recordings of his music have been released by Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, and Organized Sound labels. He has worked with the composers Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier. Fei received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2014). Fei joined the faculty of Mills College in California in 2006. He graduated from Princeton University in 1996 and received his M.A. from Wesleyan University in 1999. He has collaborated with Harald Bode (posthumously). Discography ;With Anthony Braxton * Duet (Other Minds) 2021, (Other Minds Records OM 1033-2 ) * Ninetet (Yoshi’s) 1997 Vol. 1 (Leo, 1997 2002 ) * Ninetet (Yoshi’s) 1997 Vol. 2 (Leo, 1997 2003 ) * Ninetet (Yoshi’s) 1997 Vol. 3 (Leo, 1997 2005 ) * Ninetet (Yoshi’s) 1997 Vol. 4 (Leo, 1997 2007 ) With Roscoe Mitchell *Bells for the South Side (ECM, 2017) References External links *James Fei official website

Era
21st Century
Lived
1974–present
From
United States
Born in
Taipei
Known as
composer
Instruments
bass clarinet