Comments on: Jang Sa-ik goes to America http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 16 May 2008 02:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-82021 SomeguyinKorea Wed, 16 May 2007 23:06:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-82021 Far more interesting than the usual stuff that gets played here. Far more interesting than the usual stuff that gets played here.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-81923 R. Elgin Tue, 15 May 2007 13:56:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-81923 It seems he was a construction worker until he was about 40 or so, when Im Dong Chang (pianist) found him and encouraged him to sing. Here is <a href="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=jang+sa-ik&search=Search" rel="nofollow">another link</a> for some videos of his work. He really is not Jazz-based at all but he has a very nice voice and style and is widely appreciated in Korea. I'm glad to hear that he is touring the U.S. It seems he was a construction worker until he was about 40 or so, when Im Dong Chang (pianist) found him and encouraged him to sing. Here is another link for some videos of his work.

He really is not Jazz-based at all but he has a very nice voice and style and is widely appreciated in Korea. I’m glad to hear that he is touring the U.S.

]]> By: Antti http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-81922 Antti Tue, 15 May 2007 13:32:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/05/15/jang-sa-ik-goes-to-america/#comment-81922 If Jang Sa-ik's music needs to be called "fusion", it's at least unforced and natural, done with music in mind, and the simple and plain arrangements often with modern instruments support Jang's voice well. I saw a clip in which he did "Jjillekkot" with a court music orchestra; it took all the drama and tension away from the song that it has with a simple instrumentation, as in <a href="http://dory.mncast.com/mncHMovie.swf?movieID=10008889320061130143352&skinNum=1 ">this flash clip</A>. (Perhaps you'd like to embed the clip in your post.) And jazzy arrangements usually come together very well with the rythms in Korean songs and music, as with Kim Deok-su's work with Jamaladeen Tacuma, and in many of Kim Yong-woo's songs. Now, let the comments flood in. If Jang Sa-ik’s music needs to be called “fusion”, it’s at least unforced and natural, done with music in mind, and the simple and plain arrangements often with modern instruments support Jang’s voice well. I saw a clip in which he did “Jjillekkot” with a court music orchestra; it took all the drama and tension away from the song that it has with a simple instrumentation, as in this flash clip. (Perhaps you’d like to embed the clip in your post.)

And jazzy arrangements usually come together very well with the rythms in Korean songs and music, as with Kim Deok-su’s work with Jamaladeen Tacuma, and in many of Kim Yong-woo’s songs.

Now, let the comments flood in.

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