Hey Rim Jeon

Described as a “brilliant pianist” by legendary saxophonist Benny Golson, a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator, Hey Rim Jeon has just released her fifth album as a bandleader, “Groovitude” (Sony/Orchard distribution, October 2022) featuring Multi-Grammy-Award-Winning drummer and producer, Terri Lyne Carrington. “Groovitude“ has been one of the Top 20 albums on the National Jazz Radio Chart for several consecutive weeks.

Ms. Jeon has been featured on numerous TV and radio shows, including NBC’s Weekend Today in New York, and KBN, Korea’s National TV network channel. As leader of her own band, Hey Rim Jeon and Friends, she has performed both nationally and internationally.

Her album Mona Lisa Puzzle (jazzjeon Records, September 2009) has been described as an “intense, intelligent statement” by Bill Milkowski of Jazz Times Magazine, won the Best Jazz Album category in the 2009 New England Urban Music Awards, and reached CD Baby’s "Top 10 Modern Creative Jazz Albums" list.

A recipient of Berklee’s prestigious “Exemplary Mentorship Award” and a “Marquis Who’s Who” acknowledgment (2021), Ms. Jeon is the first Korean faculty member at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where she has served as an Associate Professor in the Piano Department since 2010.

Awards

Marquis Who's Who Acknowledgement (2021); Berklee Exemplary Mentorship Faculty Award (2022); Best Jazz Album of the Year (Mona Lisa Puzzle); New England Urban Music Award 2009/ Piano Chair Award; Berklee College of Music 2000

Korean Pianist Hey Rim Jeon Performs at Birdland March 29

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 19, 2012

World-renowned pianist, composer and educator Hey Rim Jeon will be performing at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club on Thursday, March 29, supporting her recent release Introducing Hey Rim Jeon. Jeon will take the stage with Richie Barshay on drums and Luques Curtis on bass at 6pm, prior to Christian McBride's performace later that evening. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased at www.birdlandjazz.com or by calling (212) 581-3080.

Jeon showcases her percussive jazz style on Introducing Hey Rim ...
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Recording

Hey Rim Jeon Showcases Her Percussive Jazz Style on Introducing Hey Rim Jeon

Source: Kelly Krueger
February 21, 2012

World-renowned pianist, composer and educator Hey Rim Jeon brings her unique brand of percussive jazz to the masses with Introducing Hey Rim Jeon, a new 10-track album available now. Her first recording to be released on N-Coded Music shows the broad range of Jeon's influences, with six original tracks and four songs from the likes of jazz great Chick Corea, classical composer Claude Debussy, an instrumental version of a Sigmund Romberg standard, as well as a traditional folk song from ...
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Performance / Tour

Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon Performs at Ryles Jazz Club on November 3

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
November 3, 2011

Korean-born jazz pianist and composer Hey Rim Jeon is performing at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Jeon, an an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music, is performing with Greg Holt on bass, Tim Mayer on sax, and J. Curtis WarnerJr. on drums. Tickets to the performance are $7 per person and can be purchased online or at the door. For a schedule of live jazz at Ryles, located at 212 ...
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"Hey Rim...a brilliant pianist...she has a good concept of what the music is all about, and the ability to perform it. -Benny Golson "Mona Lisa Puzzle...intense, intelligent statement..." -Bill Milkowski, Writer, JazzTimes "Hey Rim Jeon's newest, Mona Lisa Puzzle, shows off her excellent skills as a composer. Can't go wrong with the star studded bandmates who bring her compositions to a high level." -Ron Gill, Host, Jazz Gallery, WGBH 89.7 "...her fabulous original compositions and inventive interpretation are always sure to entertain..." -WICN 90.5 FM Radio "Hey Rim is an exceptional talent