Top Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon Dedicates Latest Album To Her Father (Who Lost His Battle With Cancer)

Underground Magnolia Podcast

Dec 21 2022 • 26 mins

Jazz pianist, bandleader, and educator Hey Rim joins this episode of Underground Magnolia Podcast (recorded Dec 2022) to talk about her latest album "Groovitude," that's packing a punch on the jazz charts.

Listen in as we discuss:

  • Why the album's dedicated to her father
  • Standard jazz songs, original music, and Korean songs featured
  • Working with Grammy-winning jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington
  • How famed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson turned her on to jazz  while growing up in Seoul, Korea
  • Furthering her music interests by attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music and being a professor the famed school.
  • Women in jazz beyond singing

For more on Hey Rim Jeon, go to https://www.heyrimjeon.com

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