Yunmi Sang and the BEJE trio
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# Yunmi Sang and the BEJE trio
Fri 20th February '26
St Cyprian's Church, Clarence Gate, United Kingdom, NW1 6AX
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Korean-European Jazz musicians bringing ‘Beautiful and soothing music and vistas - a balm for the soul in these troubled times' (Danielle White UK jazz promotions).
Yunmi Kang piano and vocals,
Sangyeon Park guitar
David Mowat on trumpet, flugelhorn and spoken word,
Paolo Adamo drums
Al Swainger double and electric bass.
Sample track: https://youtu.be/RHnrVUFPlFE?si=FmxhHFUWtBu5DpJR ‘Soul Set Free’ by David Mowat
Sample 2 https://youtu.be/xMuWEis65Co Reunion by Yunmi Kang
It's an international collaborative project testifying to common humanity and extraordinary human resilience under extreme duress, expressed musically.
‘Their performance unfolded as jazz that transcended nationality and culture. The philosophy that we are all alike and essentially one was deeply embedded in their music’ Jin Hyung-Kim Kado News Chuncheon Arts Festival South Korea 2025
Yunmi and Sangyeon talking with survivors of the Korean war, and people marginalised by the materialist revolution since, and David, with Gazan Palestinians living through genocide are all composers aiming to express hope compassion and anguish in music. Pieces from their first album 'Modernised Sacrifice' Modernised Sacrifice | Yunmi Kang, Sangyeon Park, David Mowat | David Mowat will be performed together with new works leading to the a second album projected for recording in August 2026.
“Profound and spiritual and energetic sounds!” Bongsoo Kwag Chuncheon Arts Festival 2025
'Kang's voice is astonishingly good... the blend with David Mowat's clear-toned trumpet gave the whole thing something of the air of the great Azimuth [trio], with Norma Winstone and Kenny Wheeler.' Jon Turney 2018 St Stephen’s Bristol.
‘The inclusion of pianist and singer Yunmi Kang and guitarist Sangyeon Park in this evolution of British trumpeter David Mowat’s flexible Bristol European Jazz Ensemble (aka BEJE) is a very smooth fit’ Tony Benjamin 24/7 2019 the Fringe Bristol.
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