Song Yi Jeon's two most recent duo projects are coming to Canada.

 

The Duo with Vardan Ovsepian will perform at the Dièse Onze in Montréal on the 17th of November, and the HOME duo, with Vinicius Gomes will perform at the Lula Lounge in Toronto on the 19th of November. 

We will share the stage with the Soojin Suh Quartet. 

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Jarasum Jazz Festival x Dièse Onze, Montréal

7:00PM Song Yi Jeon & Vardan Ovsepian

9:30PM Soojin Suh Quartet 

 

Jarasum Jazz presents Korean Jazz

at the Lula Lounge, Toronto 

8:30PM Song Yi Jeon & Vinicius Gomes

9:30PM Soojin Suh Quartet

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*Soojin Suh Quartet

Soojung Kim - alto saxophone

Jaehun Kang - piano

Young Hoo Kimg - bass

Soojin Suh - drums

Ms. Dianne Reeves welcomed her protégé Song Yi Jeon to the stage at the festival, gifting her extraordinary experience and knowledge to this talented young artist, whom she is mentoring as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative which has been connecting extraordinary young artists with internationally acclaimed mentors across a spectrum of artistic disciplines for decades.

Sharing not only her remarkable skill but also offering such a public endorsement of an emerging talent a generous gift which few are ever given the opportunity to see and enjoy.

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Line up

John Beasley - piano, keyboard

Romero Lubambo - guitar

Reuben Rogers - bass

Terreon Gully - drums

guest vocalist - Song Yi Jeon (Rolex Protégé)

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July 8th, 2023 - San Javier Jazz Festival (SP)

July 9th, 2023 - Valencia Jazz Festival

July 11th, 2023 - Teatro Cervantes de Malaga

July 13th, 2023 - Pescara Jazz Festival (IT)

July 15th, 2023 - Sani Festival (GR)

July 20th, 2023 - Marseille Jazz Des 5 Continents, Theatre Silvain (FR)

July 21st, 2023 - Nice Jazz Festival 

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The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative has been the cornerstone of Rolex's commitment to the arts for over two decades. 

In May 2023 Rolex Arts opened their first Rolex Arts Festival in Athens, Greece. 

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The programme continues to foster inspiring relationships among artists. Grammy-winner Dianne Reeves, a new mentor in the programme, has begun mentoring Song Yi Jeon, a South Korean modern jazz singer and composer. Reeves expressed that mentorship is about imparting the knowledge she has worked hard to develop to someone else, a sentiment that embodies the spirit of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. 

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- read the whole article link attached to the photo below

ROLEX ANNOUNCES
THE MENTORS AND PROTÉGÉS FOR THE 2023−2024 ARTS PROGRAMME

 

Geneva, 10 September, 2022 – Five of the world’s most renowned artists – El Anatsui (Visual Arts), Bernardine Evaristo (Literature), Jia Zhang-Ke (Film), Anne Lacaton (Architecture) and Dianne Reeves (Music) – will each mentor an outstanding emerging artist, as participants in the 2023–2024 cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. The mentors and their protégés, who come from across the globe, will spend the next two years in creative collaboration.

Rolex announced that American jazz singer Dianne Reeves selected South Korean singer and composer Song Yi Jeon.

Song Yi Jeon is thrilled to announce that she is joining for the Focusyear band 19. 

Focusyear is a one-year program for an internationally assembled ensemble of nine young artists, who will be coached in a regular cycle by acknowledged masters of the international Jazz scene. 

Focusyear 19 will be working with Wolfgang Muthspiel, Guillermo Klein, Dave Liebman, Jim Black, Billy Childs, Ambrose Akinmusire, Marilyn Mazur, Julian Lage, Seamus Blake, Nils Wogram, John Hollenbeck, Norma Winston, and Django Bates. 

Song Yi Jeon and her quintet had a recording session at the Orange Sheep Recording Studio in Brooklyn, NY. 

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voice/composition - Song Yi Jeon

guitar - Kenji Herbert 

piano - Vitor Goncalves 

bass - Peter Slavov 

drums - Jongkuk Kim 

feat. Rogerio Boccato

Song Yi Jeon and Vinicius Gomes bring their duo album "HOME" to South Korean Jazz Fans! 

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5.10 Thu - Seoul Citizen Hall at 12pm

6.10 Fri - Various Jazzclub Daegu at 8pm

7.10 Sat - Devil's Door in Seoul at 9pm

8.10 Sun - Sejong Festival at 5pm

9.10 Mon - Jarasum Jazzfestival at 1:30pm

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Jarasum Jazzfestival is celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year. HOME duo celebrates together among the renowned musicians such as Julian Lage, Tigran Hamasyan, etc.

Song Yi Jeon and Vinicius Gomes had their album "HOME" release tour in June/July 2023 successfully. 

28th June - 3rd July 2023 in Zürich (CH), Basel (CH) and Cologne (DE)

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In October HOME duo will be coming to South Korea. Stay tuned

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Song Yi Jeon and Vinicius Gomes's first voice & guitar duo album "HOME" is released on the 18th of November at the Dave Douglas' label Greenleaf Music. 

 

Korean-born, Swiss-based vocalist Song Yi Jeon and Brazilian-born, New York-based guitarist Vinicius Gomes are proud to join the roster of Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music with their inspired duo album Home. Showcasing their own compositions as well as pieces by Keith Jarrett, Carlos Aguirre, Dominguinhos and Jimmy Rowles, the duo partners match their extraordinary technical command with a highly expressive connection to each other, to their material and their listeners as well. The great George Garzone has praised Jeon for her way of making music “that sounds upside down when it’s rightside up.” She has performed with the likes of Ambrose Akinmusire, Django Bates and John Hollenbeck and released the albums Straight (2014) and Movement of Lives (2018). Gomes released his debut Resilência in 2017, followed by Changes (2020) in collaboration with Spanish saxophonist Santi de la Rubia, Jorge Rossy and Doug Weiss. He has worked in a wide range of settings with Duduka da Fonseca, Magos Herrera, Jon Cowherd and Seamus Blake, among others.

The strength of Home, according to Jeon and Gomes, “comes from the meeting of two people from completely different cultures, backgrounds and life stories…. Even if you’re coming from practically opposite directions, you can still meet at a common point. The journey documented here has helped us identify the many meanings of the word ‘home’ as the identity we carry wherever we are: our values, our story, our past, present and future.”

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Available to purchase on the Greenleaf Music website and Bandcamp, and stream platforms. 

https://greenleafmusic.com/artists/songyi-vinicius/home/

On the 25th of February 2021, vocalist Song Yi Jeon and pianist Jaehun Kang had a tribute concert honouring his life. 

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FormTech Works Hall in Seoul, S.Korea 

February 25th, 2021 8PM 

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Song Yi Jeon is releasing her New Album titled <Movement of Lives> on the April 5th 2018.

CD release concert will be held at the prestigious Jazz Gallery located between 27th street and Broadway in Manhattan. 

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Song Yi Jeon - voice/composition

Kenji Herbert - guitar

Vitor Goncalves - piano

Peter Slavov - bass

Ronen Itzik - drums

feat. Rogerio Boccato - drums

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7:30PM / 9:30PM

Entrance $15 / Free for member