Lao Dan

Lao Dan is a Chinese improviser who plays saxophone, the dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) and suona. He trained as a dizi player at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music and became a regular at the Old Heaven venue in Shenzhen. His music joins free jazz saxophone with a background in traditional Chinese wind playing. Lao Dan began on saxophone at eight before turning to the dizi, which he studied in Beijing and then at Shenyang. He formed the group Red Scarf with Deng Boyu and Li Xing.