Korea 2

  

Lee Gwang Su – 예산족 (藝山族)
Yesanjok / Korean Song and Beat Project
2007

 

Tracks:

 

01 . Prologue / 청령 (請靈) / 푸살 / Piano Episode 1
02 . 선고사 (先考祀) (Seongosa)
03 . 뒷불 / Piano Episode 2
04 . 도살풀이 (Dosalpuri)
05 . 영남행군악 (嶺南行軍樂) (Yeongnamheng Gunak)
06 . Arirang (아리랑) / Variation
07 . 자진몰이 bridge / 설장고 (다스름, 굿거리, 덩덕궁) (Seoljanggu)
08 . 부모은중경 (父母恩重經) (Bumo Eunjunggyeong)
09 . 휘모리 bridge / 태평소 / 설장고 (휘모리) / Improvisation
10 . 별달거리 / Ending

  

The musicians on the recording:
 
이광수(Lee Kwang-Soo) / 구음,꽹가리,太平簫(voice,korean percussion,Wood-wind)
미연(Miyeon) / Piano,Keyboard
박재천(Park Je-Chun) / Drum,percussion
이영광(Lee Young-Kwang) / 꽹가리,장고,구음(korean percussion,chorus)
손경서(Saun Gyeong-Seo) / 장고,징,구음(korean percussion,chorus)
권지훈(Gwean Ji-Hoon) / 징,장고,구음(korean percussion,chorus)
함주명(Ham Ju-Myung) / 북,장고,구음(korean percussion,chorus)
   

   

  

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Lee Gwang Su:
 
Lee Gwang Su was a member of Samulnori, the neo-traditional percussion group started in 1978 by Kim Duk Su, Kim Yeong Bae, Choi Tae Hyun, and Lee Jong Dae. When Kim Yeong Bae left the group due to personal and musical disagreements with Kim Duk Su, Lee Gwang Su became the lead ggwaenggwari player. One of his major contributions to the group was binari, a sort of blessing or prayer with roots in Buddhism and shamanism. Lee Gwang Su left the group a few years later, basically on the same terms as Kim Yeong Bae.
 
Kim Duk Soo's music is widely criticized by traditionalists who feel his music does not reflect a true Korean aesthetic (too fast, lacks balance between male/female energy, ignores dance and song, etc.). Also, he just repeats the same material year after year. Lee Gwang Su and the other former members of Samulnori, have all tried to go back to the roots of Korean music while also creating new sounds and creatively expanding Korean music. When you hear Lee Gwang Su play, it's not all that fast, but it's tasteful and perfectly in tune with Korean aesthetics. It's like a super fast, super flashy bluegrass picker (Kim Duk Su) vs. Norman Blake (Lee Gwang Su). Kim Duk Su might be more famous, but among traditional musicians Lee Gwang Su is more respected.
 

 
Besides being a master percussionist, he's also a great singer, dancer, teacher, and composer. He's deeply involved in Buddhism and shamanism, which influences all of his work. Those who know him describe him as extremely kind-hearted, intelligent, generous and patient.
    

 

  

A big thank you to iheartu for the music & the words

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Korea 1

Park Je Chun

MOL-E MORI

1996 AD forte I'M

Tracks:

1. Jazz'n jazin (4‘49“)
2. Micro-mori (7‘09“)
3. Africorea (4‘09“)
4. 風 (5‘27“)
5. 流 (4‘42“)
6. Highway (2'45")
7. Change 1 (5‘40“)
 

All Songs Composed & Arranged by Park Je-chun

Credits:

박재천 - Percusssion, 풍물
함기호 - Bass Guitar
이표영 - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
정정배 - Latin Percussion
박미연 - Piano

Park Je Chun - Percusssion
Hamgiho - Bass Guitar
Yip yo young - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Jeong jeong bae - Latin Percussion
Miyeon - Piano

  

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Park Je Chun

  

Percussionist Park Je Chun is widely regarded as a pioneer in the movement of combining western jazz with traditional Korean music.
Born in 1961 in Seoul Korea and graduated from ChungAng University in 1986 with a degree in music composition. After graduation. he began his study in Korean traditional music the art of 'Pansori' (story telling music), the 'Chango' drum and the music of the 'Shamans'.

In 1991 he formed his own rock group. The group got good popularity in Korea . At that time he had been play 'Pansori 'singing and Korean big drum. The group had concert in Japan(Osaka) played with Kitaro(keyboard,daiko).

In 1993 he formed new group named "Mol-e mori" and released the CD "Mol-e mori", the first of his work to feature the combination of traditional korean music and jazz. To facilitate playing this fusion of styles, Park performs on a unique percussion set-up consisting of korean and western instruments.

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...he played together many foreign improviser, as Masahiko Satoh(p) ,Kang TaeHwan(a.s), Sainkho Namchylak(vo), Wadada Leo Smith(tp), Ned Rothenberg(reed), Aki Takase(p), Daisuke Fuwa(b), Gerry Hemingway(dr), Yoshihide Otomo(gt,elec), Kazutoki "Doctor" Umezu(reed), Alfred Harth(reed) and others.
His instruments set is mixed by western drum set and Korean traditional Percussions.

When he plays on stage he sitting on floor, this is looking funny but reasonable style to him, and it will come from typical Asian spirit. Because almost Asian traditional music had been played by sitting musicians.

 

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Miyeon

  

Pianist Miyeon graduated from ChungAng University with degree in music composition.
When she was young, she started study in classical piano, she began her study in 20th Contemporary music and Jazz study from Satoh Masahiko.

She composed music of the film "Young Lover", "Sa-ja-sung-eo", KBS tv drama "Tae yang in-Lee Jema",
play togather Kang Tae Hwan(as), Satoh Masahiko(pf), Ned Rodenberg (as,cla), Umezu Kazutoki(as,ss), Gerry Hemingway(dr), Otomo Yoshihide(elec). Wittwulf.Y.Malik (cello)

She released the CD "Simple Trust"(solo), "Tae yang in-Lee Jema"(sound track), "Improvised Memories"with
Kang Tae Hwan(as),Park Jechun(perc),"Loose Community"with Otomo Yoshihide(elec), Gunter Muller(elec,perc), Park Je Chun(perc). "Sound Skipping 1,2" with Ge-suk Yeo(voc.) Park Je Chun(per,) "Queen & King" with Park Je chun.

She performance in Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Moscow, St,Petersburg, Koln Cairo, Geneva, Kuala Lumpur, Samarakant, Tashikent ,Hamburg, Brussels, Harare, Malta, Kuwait, Tripoli, Abu dhabi, Dubai.

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