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Helen Sung at John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Courtesy of Sophie Mitchell | Posted on December 16, 2016
Where
John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
868 High St
Eugene, OR
Map
(541) 434-7000
When
Wed, April 26, 2017
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Helen Sung
pianoAbout
"Sung, who ostensibly represent jazz’s more temperate zones, played with a blistering dynamism...Her lyricism, light touch, and classical polish (she kicked in Chick Corea’s Armando’s Rhumba like a Bach prelude) was complemented by plenty of hard-chord muscle, the repertoire featured Wayne Shorter, Percy Mayfield and her own thoughtful originals." The Guardian, November 2015
First seen in Eugene with The Shedd's most recent presentation of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, pianist/composer Helen Sung returns with her quartet for an evening at Jaqua Concert Hall featuring material from her most recent CD, Anthem For A New Day. ...