Results for "International Gugak Jazz Institute Records"

Beat Mirage

By Mina Cho

Label: International Gugak Jazz Institute Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Nacht Song; A Bit of Grace; Beat Mirage; G-Street Dance; Prints of Imperfection; Parallel Destiny (Unmyung II); If There's a Stage for Me in Heaven.

Mina Cho: Beat Mirage

by Jack Bowers
March 9, 2024

Korean-born, Boston-based pianist Mina Cho's Beat Mirage represents a marriage between western contemporary jazz and traditional Korean rhythms and percussive modulations. The question that arises is this: on what basis should such a hybrid be evaluated? While it isn't strictly jazz, neither is it entirely Korean and thus devoid of such jazz components as interplay and ...

Mina Cho

Mina Cho is a multifaceted scholar, jazz pianist, and composer based in Boston, with a specialization in Korean music and history. She holds a faculty position at Emerson College's Performing Arts Department, where she imparts knowledge in global music courses, encompassing both traditional and contemporary Korean music. Mina earned her initial doctoral degree in jazz composition and a minor in musicology from the New England Conservatory. Presently, she is in the final stages of completing her PhD in musicology dissertation, which focuses on the work of master Pansori singer Dongjin Park at Brandeis University

Samulnori Fantasy: Seasons

By Mina Cho

Label: International Gugak Jazz Institute Records
Released: 2023

GreeKorea, “Greeting the Moon”

By Mina Cho

Label: International Gugak Jazz Institute Records
Released: 2021