Nimh

Product Description

Born in Taejon, Korea, Okkyung Lee moved to Boston in 1996, where she received degrees in film scoring and improvisation. A ubiquitous figure in the downtown scene since 2000, her playing is passionate and uncompromising. For her debut CD she has created a sensitive suite drawing inspiration from her Korean roots, the world of mystery and the world of love. Featuring many of the musicians she has grown close to in the past several years, Nihm is a brilliantly conceived collection of music blending composition and improvisation in surprising new ways.

Review

Lee has the fearless ability to conjoin myriad textures, creating pieces of music with scarce melody but profound atmosphere… —
All About Jazz New York, Celeste Suderland

LeeÕs debut release as leader, at long last provides firsthand evidence of the distinctive personality behind those prodigious chops —
TimeOut New York, Steve Smith

Music designed to capture or enhance mood, intention, inner states and dynamics. episodic pieces, psychologically nuanced and stylistically eclectic… —
Wire Magazine, Julian Cowley

hauntingly beautiful “Sky” could bring a tear to the eye of the hardest hardboiled private eye. Or music journalist. —
Paristransatlantic.com, Dan Warburton

wordless tale unfolds like a great novel, a microcosm of NihmÕs powers: thoughtful yarns weaved from exacting sounds. —
Baltimore City Paper, Marc Masters