PAN-GEUN LEE - CD JAZZ - PLAYS ARIRANG..

Popis - JAZZ - PLAYS ARIRANG..:
Officially release for the first time. LP miniature sleeve. Exclusive retro-style inner sleeve. English liner notes by DJ Soulscape. Originally released in 1978. During the 1960s the mainstream of Korean popular music shifted to pop and gayo. Many musicians moved to different scenes and Korean jazz entered a dark era. It is maestro Lee Pan-geun - the central figure of this recording - who through a strong background in theory and basics preserved the embers of Korean jazz and passed in on to posterity. Lee taught himself jazz during the years following the Korean War. He mastered both the theory and practice of jazz, mentoring great musicians in Korean jazz such as Choi Sun-bae, Kang Tae-hwan, and Jung Sung-jo among countless others. He has also fostered many top singers/composers who are still active in the gayo scene. This recording, <Jazz: Plays...>, can be regarded as the first work that saw direct involvement by maestro Lee. This album, recorded in 1978, is important because it is probably the only surviving authentic record of Korea's jazz scene at the time. Recordings by the few Korean jazz musicians who remained are still few and far between. This certainly adds to the importance of this album - a flower that sprouted from barren soil - not only as a record but also as a stimulus to todays musicians.