Korean Band Performs at Penang Island Jazz Festival
Kim Oki, a shorter version of the name Okinawa Kim, is one of Korean’s most promising saxophonist in the Jazz world – a name derived from his love for the people of Okinawa in Japan. He started playing the saxophone in small clubs in 2009 while being a member of the improvisation project, SMFM, led by percussionist Jae Chun Park where he met Sung Bae Kim who is now the bass player for the Kim Oki Band. They founded an independent label called ILIL Sound and published Kim Oki’s first…