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H*Town

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Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 3:03

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Helenistique

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: H*Town; Lover; Sweet and Lovely; Voyage; Willow Weep For Me; Where or When; Black Narcissus; Bye Ya; Cottontail; Carolina Shout; Alphabet Street; H*Town (reprise).

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Helen Sung: Helenistique

Read "Helenistique" reviewed by Donald Elfman


The title Helenistique, a pun on the leader's name, calls to mind (also punningly) things Greek. The reference puzzled me at first, but it seems to now refer to this sterling young pianist's ability to sculpt intelligent and vital improvisations. She is a confident, technically brilliant keyboard artist who uses a fertile imagination to create new ...

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Helen Sung: Helenistique

Read "Helenistique" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


New York-based pianist Helen Sung's debut as a leader, Push (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2003), featured mostly original tunes. For her sophomore effort, Sung has chosen some jazz standards, a Prince tune, and one from her own pen, “H*Town," an homage to her hometown of Houston, Texas.In covering jazz standards, one measure of success ...

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Helen Sung Trio: Helenistique

Read "Helenistique" reviewed by John Fidler


The clean, uncluttered sound of the piano trio gets a refreshing workout on Helenistique, Helen Sung's tribute to the jazz standard. For her second recording, Sung works with drummer Lewis Nash and bassist Derrick Hodge.A classically trained pianist, Sung leads her trio well: she solos with authority, intelligence and grit, especially on Rodgers and ...

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Me

Label: Staff-Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1-The Monkologist 2-Why Can't I Know? 3-Me (Ballad) 4-Footprints 5-Search for Peace 6-Brother John 7-Me (Funky) 8-Incognegro 9-The Prophet

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Push

Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2004
Track listing: Conundrum, One Step Forward, Two Steps back, On a Clear Day, Push, Beauty for Ashes, The Fourth Maria, Bittersweet, Speak Low, The Waiting Game, Ugly Beauty

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Helen Sung: Push

Read "Push" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


It's always a good sign when the opening cut has you snapping your fingers about fifteen seconds in. Push is pianist Helen Sung's debut effort. The song that elicited the fingersnaps is “Conundrum," a swinger that features some clean-lined tenor sax work by Marcus Strickland. It hits a groove early, and a couple ...


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