.. the two created these fragile and delicate moments, rich in musicality and feeling, one on violin and viola, the other on piano and to the vibraphone. They are engaging atmospheres in which the accent moves on pathos, communication, beyond the desecrating or angry moments of the free with which the two in the past have had to do. Among the most beautiful moments Below Zero, with the pizzicato on Hwang's violin that meets the vibraphone, is a very special atmosphere that the two manage to create in improvisation. Overall it is an incision without moments of emptiness, which involves the listener from beginning to end, of two musicians in a state of grace who had something real to say to each other and made it public. - Vittori LoConte, musiczoom.it

The Human Rites Trio had a great gig at the 2019 Vision Festival at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY.

In July we had a great recording session for our CD that will be released in early 2020.

Jason Kao Hwang - composer/violin/viola, Andrew Drury - drum set, Ken Filiano - string bass

By constantly alternating the density of the orchestrations, Hwang suggests different scenarios that correspond to transformative states of mind. The thrills of spontaneity come from individual statements but also from interspersed interlocutions with two or three musicians. After all, this is music of exploration and reflection. - Felipe Freitas, jazztrail.net,

The enormity of emotions, the multiplicity of ecstasy and the almost ecstatic parts of individual instruments, make the album "Blood" an exciting and captivating experience of each of the recipients open to new experiences. … "Blood" is not only a fascinating clash of Asian folklore with the free jazz formula, but also a unique show of virtuosity of each musician and an example of an ideal artistic correlation. Robert Ratajczak, longplayrecenzje.blox (google translation of Polish)

Available at Bandcamp, CD Baby and the Downtown Music Gallery

My thanks to the 2018 El Intruso International Critics Poll.

Grateful that Sing House was named one of the Best CDs of 2017 by Downbeat Magazine.

Sing House is available at BandCamp and CD Baby!

I'm grateful to Giovanni Russonello for his 4/28 review of Sing House in the New York Tim

On Sing House from the Best Jazz on Bandcamp:

The breadth of influences that composer Jason Kao Hwang is able to call upon, and his willingness to leave wide open spaces within compositions for improvising, strikes the perfect balance between meticulous planning and breathless spontaneity. His newest, Sing House, falls in line with past experiments. “No Such Thing” provides ample, immediate evidence of that push-and-pull, with its turbulent bursts of avant-garde dissonance suddenly settling into joyful expressions of the blues. “Dream Walk” is a panoramic view of a host of musical forms, never fully adopting a single one, always sounding on the verge of phasing into another altogether. “When What Could” takes the opposite approach, allowing jazz forms to manifest with a charged immediacy, while leaving the transitions between each expression a bit fuzzy. It’s this kind of daring that makes a Hwang album so thrilling—that sense of sharp intelligence and creative courage. On his newest, the violinist-violist is joined by drummer Andrew Drury, bassist Ken Filiano, pianist Chris Forbes, and trombonist Steve Swell.

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Jason Kao Hwang/Critical Response

Monday, January 6 @ 9:45PMMon, Jan 6 @ 9:45PM

Bushwick Public House, 1288 Myrtle Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Jason Kao Hwang - composer, electric violin and viola; Anders Nilsson - electric guitar; Michael T.A. Thompson - drums

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Karl Berger/Jason Kao Hwang Duo

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