Francis Wong

Francis Wong
王世明
Birth nameFrancis Wong
Born(1957-04-13)April 13, 1957
San Francisco, CA, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupations
  • Musician
  • community organizer
  • composer
  • professor of Asian American Studies
Instruments
  • Tenor saxophone
  • flute
  • erhu
Years active
  • 1982 - present
Labels
  • Asian Improv Arts
  • Soul Note
  • Buzz
  • Southport
  • 4 A.M.
  • Eremite
  • Grex
  • FPE
Websitewww.franciswong.net

Francis Wong (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Shìmíng) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and erhu player.

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.