Person · Male
Francis Wong
jazz saxophonist, flutist, and erhu player
- From
- United States
- Since
- present
- Releases
- 4
- avant-garde jazz
- jazz
- world fusion
About
Francis Wong (Chinese: 王世明; pinyin: Wáng Shìmíng) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and erhu player.
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Wong is of Chinese descent; his father is from Shanghai and his mother is Cantonese. He specializes in the fusion of free jazz and Asian musics, and is a central member in the Asian American jazz movement. He has worked with Glenn Horiuchi, Jon Jang, John Tchicai, James Newton, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Brown, and Liu Qi-Chao. He and Jon Jang founded Asian Improv Records in 1987 (now Asian Improv aRts) and both have recorded albums for the label.
Wong lives in South San Francisco, California.
Member of
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Alan Silva and The Celestrial Communication Orchestra flute, tenor saxophone
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Fred Anderson Quartet tenor saxophone
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- MusicBrainz
- e3a8db13-0192-4e8c-a5e4-591567827aeb
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.