Hyeseon Hong Big Band

Presented by Birdland Jazz Club

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 5:30 pm (Doors open 4:30 pm)

Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036)

Tickets: $30.06 - $40.61

Hyeseon Hong is a Korean jazz composer and arranger who has been working in both NYC and Seoul for many years. In 2017 she released EE-YA-GI, on the Summit record label featuring her original compositions and arrangements. Her music creates a dialog between her Korean cultural heritage and the culture of the west. This theme is the centerpiece of the Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra, in which Hong blends elements of classical music, modern jazz big band, and Korean traditional music to create a sound that is at once familiar yet original. Her compelling compositions feature beautiful melodies with harmonically-rich, impressionistic backgrounds. Korean art is characterized by harmony with nature. Hong, who spent many years studying art in her native Seoul, approaches each composition with the eye of a painter, using Korean rhythms and memorable melodies to create inviting sonic pictures of the natural world.

Hong’s new album, Things Will Pass, is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2017 debut recording, EE-YA-GI, which featured veteran tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, who played with the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen. Personal reflection and resilience after a major loss, are the main themes of Things Will Pass. Helping Hong craft those evocative sound pictures are some of New York City's finest musicians who comprise the Jazz Orchestra. In Things Will Pass, Hyeseon Hong leads her Jazz Orchestra, merging American jazz with Korean influences, bridging East and West.

To learn more and purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.birdlandjazz.com/tm-event/hyeseon-hong-big-band/