Jihye Lee on Being Creative when Composing a Blues

Composer Jihye Lee demonstrates how you can be creative when composing a blues - playing with melody, chords, and meter - using her composition Why Is That.
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Jihye Lee is a Korean-born, Brooklyn-based composer, arranger, and conductor, and leader of the Jihye Lee Orchestra. Infinite Connections, her third and latest orchestral album, released on May 31, 2024. and was immediately selected as DownBeat Editor’s ‘Pick of the Month’ for June 2024. Lee's sophomore album, 2021’s Daring Mind (Motema), was described by Le Monde as “a miracle of luxuriance and freshness” and selected as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 2021 by The Guardian. Lee has been hailed as ‘imaginative and creative’ by her longtime mentor Jim McNeely, and her co-producer Darcy James Argue describes her work as 'incredibly distinctive and full of surprises.’ Lee has garnered numerous accolades, including the NYU/CBA National Sawdust Toulmin Fellowship, BMI Foundation's Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, the ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize, and the Korean Music Award for Best Jazz Album of 2021. Her work has also graced prestigious stages like Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall's NYO Jazz, and the National Theatre of Korea, the Brazil C6 Festival, the Frankfurt hr-Big Band and more.
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AUDIO CREDITS
Intro: “Chance Encounter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. danjam.ca/
Example 1: “Why Is That”, composed by Jihye Lee. Performed by the Jihye Lee Orchestra on the album “Daring Mind” (2021). Motéma.
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Closing: “Crunchy Peanut Butter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. danjam.ca/
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PHOTO CREDITS
Jihye Lee photo by SY Cho
"Daring Mind" album artwork by Hyemi Kim

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Great job, Jihye! Glad you are getting the recognition you deserve! -Bobby Jasinski

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Thanks for watching Bobby - agreed, we're big Jihye fans! Her full-length events on the website are wonderful as well -- www.jazzcomposerspresent.com