Artist profile by Alex Pithie
Tewan Sapsanyakorn was born in Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand, the eldest of six children. He started playing jazz at the age of 17. He is an unusually independent Thai musician, with a special interest in jazz, skilled in various instruments including the Clarinet, Flute and Violin, with his main instrument the Saxophone.

Tewan is noted for being probably the first Thai musician to fuse Jazz with Thai Traditional Music and instrumentation, mixing multiple styles together to create a genuinely new genre of music, “Thai Jazz Fusion”.

He is the first Thai artist who has gained a number of Jazz & Instrumental Jazz Music listeners in the Kingdom of Thailand. He has toured many countries including Europe, America, Australia & Asia. Tewan has undeniably become one of the top saxophonists on the Asian Jazz Circuit.

He was a founding member of The Infinity Band the first Thai Fusion Jazz Band with Sarayuth Supanyo. Later he formed a band called Kangsdarn, again mixing Thai musical instruments with Jazz.

He has appeared as a guest star with The Hot Pepper Band, The Fong Nam Band and with Thai artists including Raewat Phuttinan, Thongchai “Bird” McIntire, Nantida Kaewbuasai and Grand X.

Live Performances

• 1986 Performed in Vancouver, Canada during the World Expo.
• 1988 Hong Kong Festival.
• 1989 Singapore Concerts.
• 1990 Osaka & Tokyo, Japan & Festival of the Asian Arts, Hong Kong.
• 1991 Produced ~ “Tewan Novel Jazz” band.

1991 WORLD TOUR

• February Germany ~ Zurich & Hamburg
• April Indonesia ~ Bali
• July Australia ~ Perth, Sydney, Brisbane & Hamilton Island
• August Hong Kong
• October USA Los Angeles & Chicago

More Live Performances

• 1992 Concerts @ Berlin, Hawaii, Jakarta
• 1993 Concerts @ Seoul, South Korea, North Sea Jazz Festival, Netherlands
• 1994 Memphis in May, Memphis, USA
• 1996 Thailand Jazz Festival
• 1997 Jazz in The Park, Saranrom Palace
• 1998 Concert at Thailand Cultural Center
• 5 concerts with Francois Lindemann in France, Switzerland & Germany
• 2001 Songkran Festival, Seattle, USA.
• 2002 Pattaya Music Festival, Hua Hin Jazz Festival
• 2003 Pattaya Music Festival, Heineken Jazz Festival Hua Hin
• 2004 Pattaya Music Festival, Heineken Jazz Festival Hua Hin
• 2004 Koh Samui Blues and World Music Festival
• 2005 Flowers for Andaman - Live Jazz for Life, Benefit for the Tsunami victims

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