Sun-Mi Hong
Playful, joyful jazz with plenty of room for surprise and vulnerability
The drums themselves seem to spring up, overjoyed to be played by her. Joy of playing characterizes the music of Korean drummer Sun-Mi Hong, a fixture in Dutch jazz for years. Her music is full of joy about the surprises she has to offer, but also full of melancholy. That is precisely what is exciting about Sun-Mi Hong's playing: the contrasts and the fluid spirit, no rigid frameworks for her, everything breathes an infectious openness instead.
She shares the spontaneity and the desire for adventure with her band members. Each and every one of them, just like Sun-Mi Hong, personalities who know that someone who really has character also dares to be vulnerable. And so her music is as unpredictable as a person can be, just as playfully unruly and so warm.
