Rin Seo

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Rin Seo, Tino Tracanna, Webber/Morris Big Band, Yuhan Su & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 30, 2025

This time we dive into the music of adventurous large and mid-size ensembles rewriting the rules of how size can matter, then close with a burst of spiritual fire from New Zealand.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The 8-Bit Big Band “Waluigi Pinball (From “Mario Kart")" Orchestrator Emulator (Team Chuck) 0:16 Host talks 6:07 Tino Tracanna “Gufo" Panorchestra (Flying Robert) 7:29 Host talks 16:45 Rin Seo Collective “City ...

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Rin Seo: City Suite

Read "City Suite" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 18, 2025

There is no doubting which metropolis Korean-born composer Rin Seo had in mind when writing City Suite, the panoramic opening salvo and centerpiece on the debut recording by her fourteen-member Rin Seo Collective, as the suite's first movement is titled “The Big Apple." Seo moved to New York City, her present home, after coming to America to study jazz performance and composition at Boston's Berklee College of Music. The suite's three movements are thematic, and Seo's portrayal ...