Jeong Lim Yang

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Jeong Lim Yang has been embarking her lyrical and melodic bassism in east coast America since 2007. Born and grew up in South Korea, Yang moved to NYC in 2011 upon graduating from Berklee college of music. Since Yang has been performing as a sideman with many great artists such as Tim Berne, Russ Lossing, Jacob Sacks, Oscar Noriega, Mary Halvorson, Adam Kolker, Micahel Attias, Jason Palmer, Billy Mintz and many more. Her debut album as a leader “déjà vu” (released july 2017 fresh sound new talent) has been highly received among critics and fans.

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity

Read "Synchronicity" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
May 1, 2025

Bassist Jeong Lim Yang is a member of the Brooklyn jazz scene who has worked with many different musicians such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noreiga, and Kenny Wollesen. On her third album as a leader, she uses a quartet combining motion and atmosphere with melodic beauty elements. The quartet has Mat Maneri on viola, Jacob Sacks on piano, Randy Peterson on drums and Yang on bass. The overall group sound is fluid with the rhythm section shifting through ...

Album Review

Jeong Lim Yang: Zodiac Suite: Reassured

Read "Zodiac Suite: Reassured" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 14, 2022

This is bold music. It bursts with freewheeling, chip-on-the-shoulder modernism. It is Korean-born bassist Jeong Lim Yang's take on pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite (Asch Records, 1945). Yang tags her revisitation of the classic piece Zodiac Suite: Reassured. But a revisitation of Williams' original trio rendition—to prime the ears for the experience of hearing this new version—says there was an awful lot of boldness and a big modern lean going on back in the mid-twentieth century. Williams ...

Album Review

Jeong Lim Yang: Déjà Vu

by Troy Dostert
September 20, 2017

On her excellent debut record, Déjà Vu, bassist Jeong Lim Yang proves that there's more than one way to make a first impression on a listener. Rather than taking the obvious route with up-tempo workouts or deviously complex compositions, Yang is content to carve out plenty of open space for her music to breathe. Her graceful melodies take shape with subtlety and a quiet assurance that stems both from her skill on her instrument and from the nuanced contributions of ...