Concert review: Jazz meets classical as Jeremy Monteiro plays the blues

Jeremy Monteiro (seated at piano) plays with the re:Sound collective at the Singapore Conference Hall. PHOTO: CLIVE CHOO
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Jeremy Monteiro with re:Sound
Singapore Conference Hall, Jan 22

Singaporean jazz pianist and Cultural Medallion recipient Jeremy Monteiro's collaborations with local Western classical groups have been too few and far in between. This has largely been to do with the paucity of repertoire that successfully merges classical forms with the art of jazz improvisation.

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