The Near East Quartet, led by jazz saxophonist and composer Sung-jae SON and featuring percussionist Dong-won KIM, guitarist Su-wuk CHUNG, and bassist Soon-yong LEE, offers a new style of music that is more than just a fusion of jazz and gugak(Korean traditional music). While preserving the essence of traditional music, NEQ deconstructs its rhythms, forms, and melodies, reshaping them into something new. This quartet has drawn particular attention from the music industry in Europe and the United States.
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