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BIOGRAPHY |
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from South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
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Alice Lui, an International versatile singer, musician,
composer, arranger is originally from Hong Kong, learned to
play the piano at the age of five, attended St. Paul's Convent
School, became a professional muso at the age of 16 and went
on tour singing all over Southeast Asia. At the tender age of
19, she became the youngest female bandleader in one of the
most famous night club; The Hong Kong "Mocambo". A
couple of years later, Alice moved to San Francisco and formed
another band, "Alice and the Wave". Over time, her
multi-lingual combo built up such strong word of mouth, Bay
Area Arbitron No 1 radio station FM 96.5 K.O.I.T. rated the
band "Sensational Band of the Orient"
Alice set her milestone having joined superstars such as Richard Elliott, ("Best Wind Player" award winner at the American Smooth Jazz Awards from Tower of Power), Greg Adams (Tower of Power) Spyro Gyra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Rich Severson, etc. in earning standing ovations at October, 2011’s Yosemite International Jazz Festival, the biggest musical event in Central California. In doing so, she became the first ever Asian musical artist to perform at this hugely popular highlight of the West Coast jazz calendar.
San Francisco's Chinese New Year Festivities are known to be the largest Asian celebrations outside of Asia. Starting from 2014, Alice's been performing annually singing live throughout the whole routine at the SouthWest Airline San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade in front of an audience of over 2 million people from all over the world.
On 14th May 2014, Alice set another milestone of a life time
not only sharing the same stage, but performing with 2 times
Grammy Award winner and 5 times nominee, the legendary
"Rambling Jack Elliott" in her humble music journey!
Jack Elliott's guitar and his mastery of Guthrie's material
had a big impact on Bob Dylan. Dylan was sometimes
referred to as the 'son' of Jack Elliott.
Her band plays a variety of music including Rock, Jazz, Latin, Ballad, R&B, as well as music from the 1940's to today's hits. Alice can sing in ten languages including English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, plus a bit of French, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Hebrew. Alice & the Wave Band has backed up many famous sensational singers from the Far East.
Her band has been actively participating in all kinds of public and exclusive functions in many cities in the US and worldwide. In the US: From 2000 Alice directed the annual "Silver Legacy Thanksgiving show" in Reno five years in a row. She also directed many shows for the San Francisco Night Market Street Fair. Clubs and Ballrooms she had performed in a regular basis: Radisson Miyako Hotel (Japantown) for a period of one year, Club Hong Kong San Francisco, for a period of eight years, the Tonga Room and Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco in 2003 for one year. Ballrooms she had performed regularly were Just Dance, Premier, Synergy, Legendary Palace, Imperial Palace, and New Asia.
Alice has also given birth to a radio show "樂韻人生 Live the
Music Lives" she's been hosting since January 2011. Within a
year, she received the "Best Radio Program Producer Award"
from the Northern California Chinese Media Association on
23rd September 2011.
Alice has been serving on judge panels for all types of singing/music contests since 1983 including the Sing Tao
Newspaper/Radio Singing Contest, 台灣中國電視公司 "華人星光大道 Million
Stars Singing Contest, Voice of China (Regional Contest).....etc.
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Alice & the Wave (2012) |
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 The
Wave performing at the historic Holiday Inn on Kearny and
Washington (now Hilton) 1980. |
Alice & her band at Hong Kong Mocambo |
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The
Wave Band (1983)
