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New Yorker Step by Jihee Heo

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Album Title: Flow
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024

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About the Album

Now almost 15 years into her New York City life, South Korean pianist and composer Jihee Heo has thrived during her deep journey into the city's towering jazz piano legacy. Her studies in Amsterdam and at the Manhattan School of Music blended experimental jazz with classical and bop, but the rich connection she discovered with drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Alex Claffy several years ago awakened sounds she's had stored away since she first encountered jazz. Now a steady presence in New York's clubs, this trio's journey is documented on ‘Flow,’ which was, appropriately enough, recorded by Maureen Sickler at Rudy Van Gelder’s famed studio in Englewood, NJ. Joining the trio for two tunes is the alto titan, Vincent Herring. “Pianist Jihee Heo has a beautiful legato touch that builds on sturdy lyricism and lustrous harmonies but her work also is filled with delicate, detailed figures.” - DownBeat

Tracks

New Yorker Step; I Can See Only One Step Ahead; Opening the New Door; Extreme Noise Blocker; Aquellos Ojos Verdes; The Hidden Giant ; In a Sentimental Mood; The Late Bloomer.

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Vincent Herring: alto saxophone.

Reviews

Flow by Paul Rauch

Date featured

June 25, 2024

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