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Jerry Jean (簡子翕)

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Jerry Jean (簡子翕)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Jerry Jean
  • Chinese: 簡子翕
  • Era: 1981
  • Geography: 台灣台北
  • Core roles: artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Jerry draws from an eclectic mix of progressive pop, electronic, rock, and classical influences. Fighting for You, Jerry’s self-produced and independently released EP broke into the iTunes Top Albums chart upon release. The title track of his second EP, Your Love, is a 2014 International Songwriting Competition winner, chosen from 18,000+ songs from 100+ countries. Enough, a song written in response to racial profiling, is a 2016 Global Peace Song Awards Finalist.

Education

  • New York University — 2004 — Bachelor of Music
  • Columbia University — 2008 — Masters of Education

Employment

  • Self — 2010-present — Songwriter/musician
  • New York University, Tisch School of the Arts — 2005-2010 — Music director; Vocal coach; Music theory instructor

Timeline

Sourced from the TAH Who’s Who profile above; no external material added.

  • 2004 — Bachelor of Music, New York University.
  • 2005–2010 — Music director, vocal coach, and music theory instructor at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
  • 2008 — Masters of Education, Columbia University.
  • 2010–present — Independent songwriter/musician (self-employed).
  • Self-produced, independently released EP Fighting for You entered the iTunes Top Albums chart upon release.
  • 2014 — Title track of second EP, Your Love, won the International Songwriting Competition (selected from 18,000+ songs from 100+ countries).
  • 2016 — Enough, written in response to racial profiling, became a Global Peace Song Awards Finalist.
  • 2017-02-24 — 首張完整專輯《Do We Reach Home》發行（TA.org 訪談，見下方 Role in the Community）。

Family

  • Wife: Carolyn Kelly
  • Daughter: Ava Jean
  • Son: Adam Jean
  • Father: 簡良彬
  • Mother: 黃素鄉

Sources

Role in the Community（吸收自 TA.org 2017 訪談，語料 band A）

材料來源：|Your New Classic Slow Jam: Music by Jerry Jean（TA.org，2017-02-19，Ho Chie 訪談）。

  • 自述四歲學小提琴、七歲學鋼琴，台灣裔父母以古典音樂養成紀律；父親簡良彬原期望他從醫或從法，音樂一度被視為業餘——與本頁 Family 欄所載父母一致。
  • 於 NYU 就讀聲樂與作曲期間開始創作，課業後以 GarageBand／Logic Pro 自學製作；曾參與音樂劇演出多年。
  • 曾與 Florence + The Machine、Boyz II Men 等同台演出；演出機會多來自樂手人脈與 YouTube 直接被邀約。
  • 多支 YouTube 影片達 10–25 萬次觀看；曾與大提琴家 Eru Matsumoto 合作改編曲；寫給女兒的〈In My Heart – Song for My Daughter〉為家庭創作紀錄。
  • 2017-02-24 發行首張完整專輯《Do We Reach Home》（12 曲、全實況樂器錄音，Harlem 自宅錄音室錄製，Bryan Cook 混音、11 座格萊美得主 Bob Ludwig 後製，另發行黑膠）；同名曲 MV 由舞者 Chloe Noelle Crade 演出、José Andrés Cardona 指導。
  • 創作自述為「vocally-driven chamber pop」，受 Billy Joel、Stevie Wonder、The Beatles、Chopin 及獨立電子樂影響。

Connected in the Vault（deepen pass 2026-09-14）

  • 求職與任教於紐約期間的台裔學生社團：|NYU Taiwanese American Student Society（NYU 為其學士母校與 2005–2010 任教處；membership 未被 TAH 傳記斷言）
  • 碩士母校的台裔學生社團：|Columbia University Taiwanese Student Association（Columbia 為其 2008 教育學碩士母校；membership 未被斷言）
  • 兩篇 TAH 傳記出處頁均為 2015-05-12 發布、value band B、all-rights；另有 TA.org 2017 專輯介紹頁（見上）為 vault 內唯一作品層紀錄。

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