Jeff Song

Jeff Song (born December 22, 1963 ) is an American jazz and improvisation musician ( cello , bass guitar ) and composer .

Life

Jeff Song, who has Korean roots and grew up in Iowa , first learned classical cello and electric bass during his high school years . He has been working in the music scene of the Asian American Jazz Movement since the 1980s, also in areas such as jazz, folk, rock, funk, new music and improvised music, first in Boston, then in the New York area. In addition to cello and bass guitar, he also plays the gayageum , a Korean 12-sided zither . After earning a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Boston University (1987) and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music (1992), where he studied Third Stream a . a. studied with Ran Blake and Joe Maneri , he dealt with the connection of improvisation and composition with the music of non-Western cultures (especially Korean folk music). In 1993 he received a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts . Since then he has worked as a soloist and with his formations Invisible Maniac and Lowbrow . a. with Matt Turner , Curt Newton , Taylor Ho Bynum , Bob Moses , Miya Masaoka , Cuong Vu , Leni Stern , George E. Lewis , Jason Kao Hwang , Michael Zerang , Francis Wong , Tatsu Aoki , Joe Daley , Salim Washington , Phillip Johnston , Glenn Horiuchi , Steve Norton and Mark Izu .

In Vivo (Asian Improv, 1993), with Matt Turner
Rules of Engagement ( Asian Improv Records , 1995), with Cuong Vu, Dean Laabs , John Mettam , Matt Turner, Michael Gentile
Other Pocket ( Music & Arts Program of America , 1997)
Song, Newton & Bynum - Trio Ex Nihilo (Buzz Records, 2000)
ðIaspøRama (Stellar, 2001)

personal data
SURNAME	Song, Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz and improvisation musician (cello, bass guitar) and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22nd, 1963