Jazz Articles about Lauren Lee

About Lauren Lee

Album Review

Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass

Read "Things Will Pass" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 29, 2024

There are a handful of things you should know about Hyeseon Hong (pronounced hay-sun hong), as each of them impacts the scope and purpose of the music on Things Will Pass. First, she is well-versed in the shaping and subtleties of contemporary big-band jazz; second, she was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea; third, she formed her own big band after relocating from Korea to New York City more than a decade ago; fourth, and perhaps most important, she ...

Album Review

Lauren Lee: Windowsill

Read "Windowsill" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
January 5, 2020

Lauren Lee is a talented pianist and composer, and a singer with a flexibility and sense of adventure in her voice which give her music a light, optimistic feel, although repeated listening reveals it has surprising depth and complexity. She brings elements of art song into the realm of pop-jazz as if she were Meredith Monk invading a Steely Dan recording session. The opener, “Windowsill," establishes the concept, with Lee's wordless voice drifting airily through her band's shifting ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Lauren Lee, Eric Wyatt, Manuel Dunkel and More

by Bob Osborne
October 24, 2019

This week we feature loads of new releases, including music from Lauren Lee, Eric Wyatt, Manuel Dunkel and Mark Fox. Playlist Eric Wyatt “Bud Powell" from The Golden Rule, For Sonny (Whaling City Sound ) 00:00 fo mo deep “Move On Up" from Szygy (RH Media) 09:10 Lauren Lee “Windowsill" from Windowsill (ears&eyes Records) 14:49 Manuel Dunkel “The Endless Path" from Discoveries (Eclipse Music) 24:03 Mark Fox “Iridescent Sounds" from Iridescent Sounds (Humble Genius Records) 32:13 Kris ...

Catching Up With

Lauren Lee: On Being Uncool

by Suzanne Lorge
May 10, 2018

Lauren Lee is one of a new breed of singer-songwriter. She has all the bona fides of a traditional jazz singer and pianist, but she needs to do things her own way. As a singer and composer, she gives her imprimatur to cross-cultural experimentation and off-the-beaten-track forms of vocal expression, never straying far from the post-bop mother ship. All About Jazz: Since you released your first album of jazz originals, The Consciousness Test, in 2016, your profile as ...