A Self-Strewn Portrait, by Sun-Mi Hong Quintet

A Self-Strewn Portrait

by Sun-Mi Hong Quintet

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1.	Self Portrait 06:48	info	buy track
2.	Chatter 01:29	info	buy track
3.	P Stands for Palace 04:59	info	buy track
4.	Call it Young-Woo 06:21	info	buy track
5.	KASI: A Thorn 04:28	info	buy track
6.	Thoughts to be Spoken 04:50	info	buy track
7.	KASI: Voice 03:58	info	buy track
8.	Dear Tomorrow 02:32	info	buy track
9.	Bjork (Live at the Bimhuis) 10:04	info	buy track

about

"Veni vidi vici” seems to apply to Sun-Mi Hong. Winning the Dutch Jazz Competition and playing at the North Sea Jazz Festival and Ronnie Scott’s Jazzclub in London, not bad two years after graduation from Amsterdam Conservatory.

Her 2017 album debut, “First Page”, now is followed by “A Self-Strewn Portrait”, with her exciting quintet.

So far all good. But life has been tough at times. Born into in a religious family in Korea, young Sun had to beg for drum lessons. And against the will of her parents she decided to apply for a jazz study in Amsterdam, being inspired by the American drummer Brian Blade.
Sun-Mi is quite open with the fact that moving to Europe was a struggle in many ways. But also simply the greatest and most rewarding decision she ever made.
This struggle colliding with the sheer elation of feeling welcome is reflected in her songwriting on “A Self-Strewn Portrait”. The album has an air of premeditation around it. Although much of the music creation was left up to the moment, Sun-Mi etched a hypothetical line through everything that was recorded. It was a clear aim from the beginning of the process that this album would sound coherent and as a whole.

Sitting on the periphery of tradition while often dipping her toes into the avant-garde, Sun-Mi is set on delivering a highly personal album. The compositions reflect moments of her past told in a present and emotional tense, as if walking through life’s swings and roundabouts.

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released July 3, 2020

Alistair Payne - Trumpet
Alessandro Fongaro - Bass
Sun-Mi Hong - Drums & Percussion
Nicolo Ricci - Tenor Saxophone
Young-Woo Lee - Piano

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Born and raised in In-Cheon, Korea; Sun-Mi has a unique perspective of life after her last seven years in Amsterdam. With a signature of rooted groove in combination with well tempered outbursts, Sunmi has placed herself strongly in the Dutch jazz scene. By approaching the moment in a somewhat meditative fashion, she achieves the ability to bring something entirely original to the band stand. ... more

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