That jazz appeals to younger audiences, is fun, and not so serious, is more than a mere notion, materializing in, of all places, South Korea. The Jarasum Jazz Festival created there by promoter In Jae ...

In a picturesque setting a few hours from Seoul, hundreds of thousands of millennials camp out for a three-day weekend of jazz. Its secret? It... It was like discovering a parallel reality. After ...

Jihye Lee’s ancestral ties fueled her new album in a way that felt baptismal to her. Photo Credit: Hyemi Kim Whenshe’sonstage, Jihye Lee does not belong to her audience. Instead, she’s at one with her ...

As autumn settles in, jazz festivals are filling the calendars. Perhaps it was Nat King Cole crooning "the autumn leaves of red and gold" in his velvety voice, that forever tied fall with jazz.: As ...

Established in 2004, Republic of Korea's annual Jarasum Jazz Festival might just as well be the biggest festival of its kind in Asia - and definitely is among the biggest jazz events worldwide. Since ...

Mina Cho’s startlingly fresh approach to jazz fusion reaches its culmination with Beat Mirage, her fifth album and the debut of her Grace Beat Quartet. Supported by bassist Max Ridley, drummer ...

Young Sub Lee sits cross-legged on a mat on the stage of Meany Theater, wearing loose white pants, a billowing blouse and blue smock, hair tied in a top knot. He blows intently across the large mouth ...

Locust Point will soon have a new spot for Korean cuisine and jazzy tunes when Jazz+Soju opens at the Anthem House apartment complex this year. Expected to open in the fall or winter, the Korean ...

Reporting from Seoul — — Ryu Bok-sung was a teenager fiddling with his radio dial in rural South Korea when he chanced upon a strange new music he couldn’t name, but it struck an immediate emotional ...

It was like discovering a parallel reality. After completing a sponsored trip to South Korea for music professionals in October, I stayed in the country, striking out on my own. I grabbed a train to ...