WINTERPLAY

Winterplay is a pop-jazz artist from South Korea who debuted in 2007. He has released four albums, with the last album titled Jazz Cookin'. Juhan Lee, a producer, songwriter and trumpet player, created the project in November 2007 and by 2008, he succeeded signing an international distribution deal with Universal Music Japan for worldwide distribution. Winterplay has not only earned attention from Korea, but also creating waves in Japan and rest of the world as a first leader of "jazz hallyu". Lee's latest jazz ballad, “Gganbu ” was inspired by Netflix drama Squid Games featuring the Korean instrument, haegum. Winterplay was the Music Show Runner for International Jazz Day 2022, which was funded by the City of Seoul, and produced by Loudpigs Music, where he also served as the music producer. In the 90 mins show, Winterplay hosted the show, performed under the band he formed for the International Jazz Day 2022 occasion and directed over 30 jazz musicians in 4 venues in Seoul. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterplay) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)