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