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Crucial Listening #53: Okkyung Lee

The case for BTS, a complicated relationship to jazz, drunken birthday improvisations. The cellist, composer and improviser discusses three important albums.

Okkyung’s picks:

Kim Hyun Chul – Vol. 1
Duke Jordan Trio – Flight To Denmark
Pieter Wispelwey – Ligeti’s Sonata For Violoncello Solo

Okkyung’s latest album Yeo-Neun is out now on Shelter Press. Her website is here and she’s on Twitter as @okkyunglee.

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