Taï Phong
Encyclopedia
Taï Phong is a French
progressive rock
band formed by Khanh Mai (guitar, voice) and Tai Sinh (bass, guitar, voice, keyboards), two Vietnam
ese brothers, in 1975. They were joined by Jean-Alain Gardet (keyboards), Stephan Caussarieu (drums, percussions) and Jean-Jacques Goldman
(guitar, voice, violin).
They released three albums between 1975 and 1979: Taï Phong (1975), Windows (1976) and Last Flight (1979). Sister Jane, the first single from their first album, was a radio hit.
The band reunited in 2000 with Khan Maï and Stephan Caussarieu. They are joined by Hervé Acosta (voice) and Angelo Zarzuelo (keyboards).
As of 2007, Khan Maï remains the only original member of the band.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band formed by Khanh Mai (guitar, voice) and Tai Sinh (bass, guitar, voice, keyboards), two Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese brothers, in 1975. They were joined by Jean-Alain Gardet (keyboards), Stephan Caussarieu (drums, percussions) and Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...
(guitar, voice, violin).
They released three albums between 1975 and 1979: Taï Phong (1975), Windows (1976) and Last Flight (1979). Sister Jane, the first single from their first album, was a radio hit.
The band reunited in 2000 with Khan Maï and Stephan Caussarieu. They are joined by Hervé Acosta (voice) and Angelo Zarzuelo (keyboards).
As of 2007, Khan Maï remains the only original member of the band.
Discography
- 1975 : Taï Phong
- 1976 : Windows
- 1979 : Last Flight
- 2000 : Sun