- Overview
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This book helps readers enjoy the history of the Korean jazz albums easily and comfortably along with the vivid pictures of the albums.
- Book Intro
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This is an abridged version of 100 years of Korean jazz. A Rediscovery of Korea Jazz Records focuses on the creativity of the Korean jazz albums, which were not properly highlighted compared to books primarily dealing with foreign jazz, and introduces records not easily found to be known to readers. This book mainly focuses on capturing album jacket pictures and information so that everyone can read them. Accordingly, even if one does not know much about Korean jazz, one can mentally perceive the album while looking at the pictures and introduction of it. In addition, this book strived to refrain from difficult and complicated criticism and to deliver the hidden stories of the albums. Approximately 150 albums of historic value were selected and written including Diana of デイシク.ミネ(Dick Mine) of 1936 in the Japanese colonial era as well as Eom Tomi, Jeong Seong-jo, Yu Bok-seong, Shin Gwan-wung, and Choi Seon-bae who are collectively the first generation of jazz.
- About the Author
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Park Seonggeon
(English) Park Seonggeon immerses himself in music all day somewhere deep in the mountains of the Gyeonggi province. Beginning with jazz, he has proceeded to popular music. Currently, Park is very busy filling in the missing parts in the history of Korean popular music. Since his book titled The 100-Year History of Korean Jazz became known to the public, he has started to introduce popular songs, appearing on TBN's Lee Dongeun’s Drive Song Album, TBS's Kim Gapsoo’s My Way, and more. Park has also engaged in many fields associated with music, for example serving as an adjunct professor at Suwon Women’s College, an advisor to the Korean Popular Song Research Institute, and an advisor to the Korean Popular Music Museum.
