Native South Korean, bassist
Jeong Lim Yang performed extensively in New York City since 2011 as a sideman with great figures in the scene such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noriega, and Kenny Wollesen. In 2017, her debut album as a leader and a composer titled Déjà vu (fresh sound) won ‘the best debut album of the year. Yang released the experimental Brooklyn-based collective band “mute” in 2020 (fresh sound) and receives international proclamation. Yang’s lyrical and melodic playing has been pursued and desired by many contemporary jazz and improvised musicians.
Yang brings her melancholy and earthy bass sound with the support of the great improvising giants of our time.