Comments on: Ronn Branton’s ‘Tiger’

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:52:43 +0000

I actually know something about this work. It seems that Branton has delayed this concert performance but is working on turning this into a full-sized musical, instead.

I can also link to a video I found last year of a piece that is from “Tiger” (I believe). It is called “Chilseong” and was from his summer concert last year. Note the seven-note motif in the bass; seven notes for the seven stars that makes up the seven stars of “Chilseong”, the god that governs man’s fate.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:00:03 +0000

Wow, cool! I know Ron… Performs in Seoul fairly often, one place or the other… he’s great, well-worth listening to… I’ll try to go to this!

By: sewing

sewing — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:47:32 +0000

I got a kick out of this from the poster:

론 브랜튼의 서머나잇재즈 “타이거!”

Which is a straight Hangeul transliteration of the preceding English text. Why not:

론 브랜튼의 여름밤재즈 “호랑이!”

Anyhow, I had never heard of this gentleman, but you’ve got me intrigued. Does he perform often? Does he do some kind of Korean-Western jazz fusion?