Saigon Jazz Revival presents Carol Kim - Đón Xuân

Saigon Jazz Revival's inaugural concert presented Carol Kim performing live at Marigny Studios in New Orleans, November 14, 2025. WWOZ was a media partner for this special night. This song, entitled "Đón Xuân," is a Vietnamese classic by Phạm Đình Chương about welcoming spring after the lunar new year. It was first recorded by Carol Kim in Saigon in 1971 with a traditional New Orleans jazz style of accompaniment and surprising Latin instrumental section. Carol Kim's recordings from that era went on to become a pillar of identity and freedom for all generations of the Vietnamese diaspora until this very day. Saigon Jazz Revival is a new collaborative music project that seeks to revive a lost era of Vietnamese jazz and reimagine the cross-cultural energy of old Saigon through a contemporary New Orleans lens. Helmed by film and music director Marion Hoang Ngoc Hill and music directors Steve Lands and Oscar Rossignoli, the project entails both original collaborations with various Vietnamese diasporic artists as well as dynamic re-creations of Vietnamese folk songs. Produced by Saigon Jazz Revival New Orleans Directed by Marion Hoàng Ngoc Hill Music Direction by Steve Lands & Oscar Rossignoli Oscar Rossignoli (piano) Amina Scott (bass) Jafet Perez (drums) Cesar Bacaro-Ley (percussion) Steve Lands (trumpet) Haruka Kikuchi (trombone) Amari Ansari (saxophone & flute) Recorded and Mixed at Marigny Studios Production Design by Kim Ha & Cat Miguez Cinematography by Levi Porter with Bao Ngo and Bron Moyi Color by Seth Mathews Co-Produced by Trace Le and SONG CDC Vocals by CAROL KIM This concert was made possible by the New Orleans Tourism and Culture Foundation.