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Nery Kim
Nery Kim is a South Korean pianist and composer who began playing piano at the age of six. She is known for her original compositions and harmonic sensibility in the jazz genre. Nery has performed as both a leader and sideman in a variety of jazz styles, and her talents have taken her around the world to places such as Indonesia, South Korea, China, Turkey, Central America, and the United States. She has worked with numerous musicians as a composer, arranger, pianist, and keyboardist on various albums. In 2021, Nery released her debut album, "PURPLE REFLECTION," featuring John Petitucci, Alex Sipiagin, Dayna Stephen, Alan Ferber, and Jonathan Pinson.
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LA WEEKLY - The Nery Kim Group By John Payne Nery Kim is an alumnus of both the CalArts and Berklee music schools, so you’d assume the Korean-born keyboardist-composer has an ace set of playing chops. That she does, but she’s also an example of the recent batch of music-school grads who’ve not only learned how to be great technicians but also approach their art with a fresh set of ears unhindered by the jazz and “serious music” rulebooks. A fine soloist who’s amply capable her own excellent original compositions as well as an intriguingly curated set of jazz and pop standards with a miraculous spareness that serves a seemingly bottomless harmonic sensibility, such as het tasty good for thought on a Mingus-ified solo piano version of “Body and Soul.”
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