Seoul Jazz Festival

The Seoul Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival which takes place in the city of Seoul, South Korea. The festival spans across two or three days. Famous jazz artists from all around the world gather in Seoul every May to perform and enjoy jazz music with crowd. The year of 2016 was the festival's 10th anniversary.

History

Line-ups

2007

• DIMENSION & J-FUSION ALL STARS
• The Crusaders` JOE SAMPLE & RANDY CRAWFORD
• Pat Metheny Trio

2008

• The Crusaders
• Chris Botti
• Incognito
• Nouvelle Vague
• Kwang Min Kim
• Hyung Woo Lee
• Jung Hyun Park

2009

• Tower of Power
• Madeleine Peyroux
• Wouter Hamel
• The Swell Season
• Omar Sosa

2010

• Jae Hyung Jung
• Wouter Hamel with Special Guest Sweet Sorrow
• Eric Benét
• D'Sound
• Matt Bianco
• Sergio Mendes

2011

• Pat Metheny
• Gary Burton
• Steve Swallow
• Antonio Sanchez

2012

• Earth, Wind & Fire
• George Benson
• Al Di Meola
• Eric Benét
• Brain Blade and The Fellowship Band
• Ledisi
• Sonoda Band
• The Bird
• Leessang

2013

• Ramsey Lewis Electric Band with Special Guest Philip Bailey
• Damien Rice
• MIKA
• Parov Stelar Band
• Kings of Convenience
• Roy Hargove Quintet
• Wouter Hamel
• Hiromi the trio project
• Rodrigo Y Gabriela
• Tape Five
• Roberta Gambarini
• Maximilian Hecker
• Jeff Bernet
• La Ventana & 10cm
• David Choi & Clara C

2014

• Seung Hwan Lee
• Michel Camillo & Tomtito
• Chris Botti
• Damien Rice
• Jamie Cullum
• Jack Dejohnette Trio
• Gerald Albright
• Paolo Nutini
• Erlendøye
• Eddie Palmieri
• Joshua Redman Quartet
• Craig David
• Wouter Hamel
• Nils PetterMolvær
• Eric Benet
• Song Young Joo Quartet
• Be The Voice
• Urban Zakapa
• SondreLerche

2015

• Chick Corea
• Herbie Hancock
• Basement Jaxx
• Robert Glasper Experiment
• Jazzanova Live with Paul Randoph
• Caro Emerald
• Owl City
• Jeff Bernat & Band
• Maximilian Hecker
• Sergio Mendes
• MIKA
• John Scofield Uberjam
• Babel Giberto
• The Bad Plus
• Wouter Hamel
• Arturo Sandoval
• Gregory Porter
• The Cardigans
• Tamia
• Jose James
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Epik High
• Uhuhboo Project
• Peppertones
• Kiha & The Faces
• Jazzyfact
• Koo Bonam Band
• Roy Kim

2016

• Paul Metheny
• Tha Nat King Cole Tribute
• Mark Ronson
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Jason Derulo
• Esperanza Spalding
• Terence Blanchard
• Kurt Elling
• Flying Lotus
• Rufus Wainwright
• Wouter Hamel
• Rebirth Brass Band
• GoGo Penguin
• Redfoo
• Vintage Trouble
• Dirty Loops
• Beom June Jang
• Beenzino
• Peppertones
• Hyukoh

2017

• Jamiroquai
• Tower of Power
• Honne
• Cecile McLorin Salvant
• Dianne Reeves
• Lianne La Havas (Solo)
• Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble
• Avishai Cohen Quartet
• Ji
• Crush
• Lucid Fall Quintet
• Second Moon
• Echae Kang
• Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Zion.T
• 10cm
• Koh SangJi Tango X MUVAQ Orquesta
• Yu Jun Sang's Jnjoy20 Band
• Yun Seok Cheol Trio X Baek Ye-rin
• Roy Kim

References

http://www.seouljazz.co.kr/english

External links

• Official website