$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 10:30pm / Doors 10pm
New York-based composer Jihye Lee, recipient of the 2018 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, will present her album release show for As The Night Passes. Unlike her previous jazz orchestra pieces, this album features a vocal and piano duo to give you an eclectic mix of haunting film noir sound and European modern jazz. Singing in English, Korean and wordless, Lee’s warm voice whispers intimate stories throughout this emotional nighttime journey.
Jihye Lee, the 2018 BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, and Manny Albam Commission winner, is a New York-based jazz composer, bandleader, and vocalist. She released her first orchestra album, April, in February 2017, with special guest musician Sean Jones, garnering global praise as a fresh original voice on the jazz composition scene.
Lee has presented her music in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and South Korea at notable venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Birdland, Jazz gallery, Berklee Performance Center, Blue Whale, The Triple Door, Maria Callas Hall, and DC JazzFest.
Lee graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music with numerous awards and scholarships, including the prestigious Duke Ellington Award, and learned from and worked with world-renowned faculties, such as Jim McNeely and Greg Hopkins. She has studied privately with multi-Grammy Award recipients Maria Schneider and Terrence Blanchard and attended workshops with John Clayton and Robin Eubanks.
Lee continues to create original compositions while performing, teaching, and working on commissions. Besides her orchestral work, she released her original vocal duet album with pianists, Yoonseung Cho, and Vardan Ovsepian, in October 2018. the 2018 BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, and Manny Albam Commission winner, is a New York-based jazz composer, bandleader, and vocalist. She released her first orchestra album, April, in February 2017, with special guest musician Sean Jones, garnering global praise as a fresh original voice on the jazz composition scene.
Lee has presented her music in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and South Korea at notable venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Birdland, Jazz gallery, Berklee Performance Center, Blue Whale, The Triple Door, Maria Callas Hall, and DC JazzFest.
Lee graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music with numerous awards and scholarships, including the prestigious Duke Ellington Award, and learned from and worked with world-renowned faculties, such as Jim McNeely and Greg Hopkins. She has studied privately with multi-Grammy Award recipients Maria Schneider and Terrence Blanchard and attended workshops with John Clayton and Robin Eubanks.
Lee continues to create original compositions while performing, teaching, and working on commissions. Besides her orchestral work, she released her original vocal duet album with pianists, Yoonseung Cho, and Vardan Ovsepian, in October 2018.
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