Jeong Lim Yang's Synchronicity
Throughout her career, Jeong Lim Yang has consistently pushed the boundaries of the ensemble format, using the double bass not just as a rhythmic anchor, but as a driving melodic force.
Along with her evolving work as a leader (beginning with her 2017 Fresh Sound debut Déjà Vu) which won NPR's ‘the best debut album of the year’, native South Korean bassist Jeong Lim Yang has been a prominent figure in New York city's music scene since 2011.
Yang’s unique interpretation, Zodiac Suite: Reassured (2022, Fresh Sound New Talent), is a bold re-envisioning of Mary Lou Williams’s brilliant 1945 masterpiece. Featuring a bass-upfront piano trio, the album has received widespread acclaim. The Zodiac Trio has performed extensively at prestigious venues, including Lincoln Center, SFJAZZ, Kuumbwa Jazz, and the Angel City Jazz Festival.
In 2025, Yang released a quartet album featuring her original compositions titled Synchronicity (Sunnyside, 2025), collaborating with bandmates Mat Maneri, Jacob Sacks, and Randy Peterson. Synchronicity was defined by Carl Jung as “the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that cannot be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer”. As Yang puts it, “Serendipitously, things happen. You’re thinking of a friend you haven’t seen in years, and the friend shows up. That’s how I felt with this band when we played.”
Jeong Lim Yang crafts innovative Quartet music that seeks to establish a profound connection with psychologist Carl Jung's theory of "Synchronicity". Her music occupies a space thatdelicately straddles the boundaries between traditional jazz idioms and boundary-pushing improvisation.
Mat Maneri: viola
Jacob Sacks: piano
Jeong Lim Yang: bass
Randy Peterson: drums
