Decades-old jazz band brings back old Shanghai style

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Decades-old jazz band brings back old Shanghai style

STORY: Decades-old jazz band brings back old Shanghai style DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the old Jazz band performing at the Fairmont Peace Hotel 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE WEE, General manager, Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai STORYLINE: As jazz has set the tone of the old Shanghai in many Chinese people's memories, this jazz band that has been playing since 1980 is bringing the vintage times back to the Fairmont Peace Hotel at the Bund of Shanghai, China. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE WEE, General manager, Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai "They've been playing here since 1980, they are concentered to the DNA of Peace Hotel itself. It is so important for every Chinese and Shanghainese and international guest when they come to Shanghai, to visit the Peace Hotel. They must absolutely come and see them play." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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