Sun-Mi Hong - Third Page: Resonance

 

Limited edition marble colored vinyl

Drummer and composer Sun-Mi Hong's third album

As the title implies, Resonance is the third album for Korean born, Amsterdam-based drummer Sun-Mi Hong, and it marks her debut for the prestigious U.K. Edition label. Sun-Mi is one of the rising stars in European jazz and, if you were reading closely, she appeared on the recently reviewed album from Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock, Same Moon in the Same World, which we covered on these pages.

Sun-Mi has already built a formidable reputation, not only for her drumming, employing Korean techniques together with more conventional jazz, but for her composing. She is the winner of the SENA Dutch Jazz Competition 2018 and Edison Award Winner 2021 in the National category for her last album A Self-Strewn Portrait (ZenneZ Records).

Sun-Mi's long running quintet, based in Amsterdam where she formed the group in 2017, balances original compositions with highly improvised fervor. It's the conventional jazz quintet lineup that sounds anything but conventional, straddling the mainstream and softer edges of avant-garde. They are Nicolò Ricci, tenor saxophone; Alistair Payne, trumpet; co-producer, Chaerin Im, piano; and Alessandro Fongaro, double bass. Sun-Mi composed all eight pieces.

 

1. Care Less

2. Blind

3. 0191

4. Screams Like Vapours (Improv)

5. Letter with No Words

6. As We Are

7. Home

8. Screams Like Vapours (Encore)

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