SOON KIM QUARTET im Kühlspot

13.01.2023 Kühlspot

Soon Kim (as),
Christian Kuehn (g),
Elia Baioni (b),
Martial Frenzel (dr)

Born in Japan in 1964. Started playing saxophone at the age of 15. After graduating from high school, joined various bands playing rock, blues, reggae, and jazz. Moved to New York in 1987, lived in Harlem (New York) and associated with musicians in Harlem including Chris Walker, Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Takuma and Mari Okubo.

While living in New York, took lessons from Ornette Coleman and Learned Harmolodic theory. Moved to New Zealand in 1997 and released CD “Non Transposed Music”(in 1989).
Moved to Germany in 2007 and released CD “SOON KIM TRIO & QUARTET”, 2009 “NON-TRANSPOSED SENSE”, 2014 “HOTEL THE STRASSE’,

2019 Rhapsody into the Arctic.

Currently formed SOON KIM TRIO, QUARTET are performing music that is a unique combination of Ornette’s teaching and own ideas based on it.

and also currently formed Tower of Funk with Vernon Reid, G Calvin Weston, Al MacDowell, toured Japan.

[Text: soon-kim.com]

21.12.2023 B-Flat

Soon Kim (as),
Christian Kuehn (g),
Nesin Howhannesian (b),
Manuel Podhostnik (dr)

Kalender B-Flat