Helen Sung Trio

1600 East 18th Street,Kansas City MO 64108

12 March, 2022

Description

Helen Sung Trio headlines two sets in the Blue Room, American Jazz Museum's jazz club. Meet Helen Sung Helen Sung is an acclaimed pianist/composer. Winner of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, she is based in New York City from where she maintains a schedule of performing/touring, teaching, and recording. Her latest project Quartet+ (Sunnyside Records) garnered rave reviews including 4.5 stars from Downbeat, featured spots on NPR’s Jazz Night In America and in JazzIz, and the cover story for JazzTimes. In addition to her own band, Helen has performed with such luminaries as Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Regina Carter, Terri Lyne Carrington, and fine ensembles including the Mingus Big Band and Cecile McLorin Salvant’s Ogresse. She has served on the jazz faculties of the Juilliard School, Berklee College of Music, and Columbia University, where she was also the inaugural jazz artist-in-residence at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Helen is a Steinway Artist.