Vol.2: Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days takes the listener through a full range of emotions, as though to remind us that even the most ordinary days in our lives are filled with a myriad of thought and feelings. And like Vian's name implies, the music on this recording is full of life, imagination and elegance. - Edward Simon, Jazz Pianist and Composer Vian (Andrew Sungbae Kim) came to U.S. to study Jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1998 after he majored philosophy at Korea University. He had earned scholarship during four entire years at Berklee and developed his musical talent through studying and playing with Joanne Brackeen, Hal Crook, George Garzone, Joe Lovano and Danilo Perez etc. He had a lot of performing experiences with different musicians and was complimented for his successful performance with all of his original compositions at Berklee Performance Center in 2003. He has played in Boston and New York area such as Ryles Jazz Club, Zeitgeist Club, Stalla, Greenwich Village Bistro, El Taller Latino Americano, Korean Cultural Service in New York, Myers Hall and Steinway&Sons Hall in New York etc as a band leader and a pianist of world-jazz group, Interoceanico. He also performed his own composition called The Piece of Peace with Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in 2004. In 2005 he had Japan tour concerts in Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Joanne Brackeen, a world renowned pianist, mentioned, Vian is very talented and has special musical abilities. His music is very sensitive, pretty and musical. It presents a total pleasure to listen to the audience. In 2006 he finished his Master of Jazz Performance degree at Manhattan School of Music and his first album, Twenty + was released on the SONY&BMG label. In 2007 his quartet has performed at Seoul Jazz Festival, opening for Pat Metheny trio. Since 2007, he has taught jazz at colleges and performed actively in Korea&US. From 2009, he teaches music as a faculty member at Chungwoon University. The meaning of his nickname, 'Vian' is 'full of life'.