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Revived Mind by Jihye Lee
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Album Title: Daring Mind
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2021
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About the Album
The BMI Manny Albam Commission piece “Revived Mind” showcases soloist Mike Fahie on trombone. This colorful composition is an homage to nature and Earth, to rebirth and rejuvenation. Produced by Lee, in collaboration with the innovative composer and Secret Society bandleader Darcy James Argue, and with renowned trumpeter Sean Jones as a key contributor, Lee’s Motéma debut DARING MIND showcases the South Korea native’s personal and adventurous storytelling approach to large-ensemble jazz over the course of nine spellbinding compositions. As a follow up to her widely-acclaimed 2017 debut April, Daring Mind presents selections from Lee’s ‘Mind’ Series, including her BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize-winning “Unshakable Mind” and her Manny Albam Commission “Revived Mind.” The album reflects her struggles, doubts, joys, and hopes while living in the amazing city of New York. The compositions explore the human mind, heart and soul, the various states of the human psyche from confusion to rage to enlightenment. Lee describes composition as a form of record-keeping for herself, as the documentation of her life, the process of finding musical equivalents to the images, thoughts and emotions in her mind. She writes first and foremost for herself, to release her feelings, which makes her music deeply personal. “My goal is to invite listeners into my creative world, to relate to my stories, and to reflect on the truth that as humans, we share similar struggles and triumphs regardless of where we come from. It is my hope that we can create genuine connections with each other through art,” she says. "Daring Mind" is out March 26, 2021.
Tracks
Relentless Mind; Unshakeable Mind; Suji; I Dare You; Revived Mind; Struggle Gives You Strength; Why Is That; Dissatisfied Mind; GB.
Personnel
Jihye Lee
composer / conductor
Sean Jones
trumpet
Alan Ferber
trombone
Ben Kono
saxophone, tenor
Adam Birnbaum
piano
Quinsin Nachoff
saxophone
Mike Fahie
trombone
Rob Wilkerson
saxophone, alto
Brian Pareschi
trumpet
John Lake
trumpet
Alex Norris
trumpet
Nick Grinder
trombone
Jennifer Wharton
trombone, bass
Sebastian Noelle
guitar
Evan Gregor
bass, acoustic
Mark Ferber
drumsAdditional Personnel
Jeremy Powell: reeds; Carl Maraghi: reeds; Mark Patterson: trombone # 2,5; Haeun Joo: piano (2, 5, 8).
Reviews
- Daring Mind by Jack Bowers
- Daring Mind by Angelo Leonardi
- Daring Mind by Mike Jurkovic
Date featured
March 6, 2021
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