Rufus Lin is a Canadian pianist and singer/songwriter, based in Vancouver and Tokyo, who sings and plays the piano. His music activities are mainly in the following areas:

• Live (piano and/or vocals): jazz standards at various venues in Tokyo
• Recording: his own pop songs in Japanese and/or English
• Recording: impressionist piano improvisations ("healing" music)
• Albums: available on iTunes, Amazon or MySpace.

If you enjoy meditative music, highly sophisticated piano improvisations with an atmospheric feel, and piano music that captures the wistfulness, joy, passion and peace that are present in every person, then you will surely enjoy Rufus Lin's piano improvisations, which may be purchased on iTunes or Amazon.

Rufus Lin's jazz vocal style is a curious combination of saxophonist influences such as Dexter Gordon, Lester Young and Ben Webster, old-time crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, cool jazz minimalism such as Chet Baker, and Rufus Lin's own unique balance of timbre shifts, melodic line and rhythmic swing.

A further note about Rufus Lin's piano improvisations: Some portions are clearly influenced by Japanese folk songs and traditional Japanese music. These generally soothing pianistic rhapsodies are filled primarily with soaring, sometimes aching, graceful treble lines and melodic fragments. It is as if he is trying to make the piano sing out, to make it express to the limit of its capabilities, intensity, tranquility, desperation and poise. And the piano does indeed sing, often in moving, minimalistic voicings, yet never aimless, usually flowing clearly within some improvisationally discovered yet rational harmonic or formal structure. This is truly noteworthy, since none of these pieces is scored, rehearsed or even thought through prior to the actual performance. Each piece draws its inspiration from a single person or a short story that Rufus Lin has written (see Rufus Lin Editions).

We hope that you too will discover and enjoy the recorded music of Rufus Lin, and invite you to follow the musical career and new albums of this active musician, who continues to perform and record on an ongoing basis. Thank you for your support.