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Kim, Jung-Jae (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim)

Shamanism [CD+DOWNLOAD]

Kim, Jung-Jae (Kim / Lee / Song / Kim): Shamanism [CD+DOWNLOAD] (Relative Pitch)

A powerful and ritualistic session from South Korea's free improvisation scene, with tenor and soprano saxophones (Jung-Jae Kim & Sunjae Lee) and dual drum kits (Junyoung Song & Sunki Kim) channeling ancestral Korean shamanic ceremony through raw, primal energy, breath-driven phrasing, and a spiritual aesthetic that bridges indigenous tradition and contemporary free jazz expression.
 

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Jung-Jae Kim-tenor saxophone

Sunjae Lee-soprano saxophone, alto saxophone

Junyoung Song-drums

Sunki Kim-drums

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UPC: 5904224874155

Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1230
Squidco Product Code: 36125

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Tune-Up Studio, in Seoul, Korea, on August 14th, 2023 by Donghun Nam.
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Artist Biographies

Jung-Jae Kim is a South Korean saxophonist, the leader of the band The JJ Motion.

-Squidco 9/15/2026

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"Sunjae Lee was born in Boston, MA and began his music studies at Rivers Music School from an early age on piano, violin, and saxophone, and later attended the New England Conservatory Preparatory program before going to University of Rochester to major in Chemistry, while also studying upright bass at the nearby Eastman School of Music. After moving back to Boston, he released 3 albums as a leader between 2007-2009 before deciding to pursue a career in Natural Medicine, followed by a move to Portland, OR to get a doctorate in Naturopathy and Oriental Medicine. In Portland, which time his jazz group Kin Trio released the album "Breathe" on PJCE records and performed in the PDX jazz festival.

In 2014 he moved to Seoul, Korea to practice Naturopathy, and in 2016 won the Jarasum Int'l Jazz Festival Concours Competition Grand Prize and Best Creativity Prize with his trio. Continuing to stay musically active while maintaining a full time job as a Naturopath, he released "Entropy" in 2019 with celebrated trumpeter Peter Evans, an old friend from Sunjae's days back in Boston. In 2020 he released two more albums focused on free improvisation, "Channel" and "Pulse Theory", and established a new record label, Mung Music, dedicated to showcasing the improvised and free jazz musicians in the Korean jazz scene."

-Sunjae Lee Website (https://syos.co/en-us/blogs/our-artists/sunjae-lee?srsltid=AfmBOoobaMoAY032axvsph49hZAtBngy5RFxbPZ8ttG8Hj97Aep1QKAm)
9/15/2026

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"Junyoung Song is a prolific drummer based in Seoul, South Korea, working primarily in jazz and free improvisation. He has released two albums as a solo artist titled Solo and Solo

Live, showcasing his passion for unaccompanied drum music. After moving back to Korea upon receiving his degrees from Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, he has collaborated with numerous Korean musicians from both jazz and pop music, most notably with Sunjae Lee, Jongshin Yoon, Lucid Fall, Mijo Jung, and Mid-air Thief. His versatility and talent have established him as a respected figure in the Korean creative music scene."

-Cafe OTO (https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/junyoung-song/)
9/15/2026

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"Kim Sun-ki began his career in jazz scenes in 2013 when he released The Journey of Gonia, a jazz trio. Since then, he has continued his diverse career by releasing Compassion, Day Break by jazz band DayTrip and Freedom by K.R. Project.

Joining bassist Kim Chang-hyun's , guitarist Jun Kim's and in 2018, his album is presenting a new drumming of avant-garde music, drawing on his own unique Korean identity in the style of Eastern mysticism and avant-garde. It is also active in forming the Electro acoustic Trio SaaamKiiim."

-WIX (https://gds097.wixsite.com/sunkikim)
9/15/2026

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