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INTRODUCING:
SUN-MI HONG
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"...a strikingly original composer..." Downbeat Magazine
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Dear readers,
I've awesome news in my pocket and I bet you'll like them: Korean born dutch drummer SUN-MI HONG agreed to let me do her bookings! BAMMM, BABY! I'm crazy about that woman and she knows it (because I told her) (... #lifehack) and luckily she thought she'd fit great into my roster (I think she's damn right about that).
So we stuck our heads together a lot lately and made plans. Here you go:
In September 2024 a live album by her BIDA ORCHESTRA will be released. Some of the finest dutch musicians joined her in a week-long residency in Bimhuis - and if you ask me, it's an outstanding recording. We'd be happy about gigs in September and October, maybe some pre-release summer festivals too.
She's playing a lot with her Quintet already (no wonder, they had a lovely release on Edition Records, Third Page Resonance, in 2022) - and the good news is there's plans for a next album in 2025! Also, there's some off-days in March 24, scroll down and stick a little in the tour dates section of this way too long e-mail.
The cherry on top is her drums-trumpet duo with Scotsman Alistair Payne, DUO IN:人. Check this out. I know you love duos, et voilà, here's a great one!
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Today's plans: dancing on my own, loving my job. CAAAALLL ME and join our plans ☎
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SUN-MI HONG
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"a strikingly original composer..." Downbeat Magazine, US
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"a magician on the drums." NDR Kultur, DE
"flowing and powerful" Deutschlandfunk Kultur, DE
"Sun-Mi Hong: remember her name" New York City Jazz Records Magazine, US
"Hong has perfect timing" Jazzwise, UK
"a great new star in the jazz firmament" Written in Jazz, NL
"Formally precise, but not at the expense of spontaneous wildness" Downbeat Magazine, US
"Heady stuff" NPR, US
"varied, unconventional album." Jazzenzo, NL
"as absorbing as it is enigmatic." Jazzwise, US
"unique jazz" Lira, SE
"beautiful, open, searching and challenging...music" Nettavisen, NO
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TOURDATES AND AVAILS
QUINTET:
16.02.24 NL-Tilburg - Paradox
20.03.24 NO- Oslo - Nasjonal Jazzscene
21.03.24 UK-London - Royal Academy London
22.03.24 CH-Basel - Birds Eye
23.03.24 CH-Basel - Birds Eye
25.03.24 UK-Manchester - NQ Jazz The Yard
26.03.24 UK-Birmingham - The Spotted Dog
29.03.24 UK-London - Vortex
30.03.24 IR-Maggie's Farm
29.06.24 BE-Brussels - Korean Cultural Center
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