(PRE-ORDER) ACOUSTIC TRIODE - [BEYOND THE RIVER] 1st Album
ACOUSTIC TRIODE - [BEYOND THE RIVER] 1st Album
Release Date: November 16, 2026
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[Track List]
DISK(CD) 1.
01. Mowat’s Waltz
02. Beautiful Love
03. Tapioca Time TITLE
04. With a Song in My Heart
05. Beyond the River TITLE
06. Thought About You After Coffee
07. Nanti Glo
08. Every Time We Say Goodbye TITLE
Description (Translated):
A conversation between three musicians who create one music within each other's sounds while preserving their individual freedoms."Beyond the River" is an album by Acoustic Triode, an acoustic jazz trio consisting of American jazz guitarist John Stowell, Korean guitarist and composer Sangyeon Park, and vocalist and pianist Yunmi Kang. With distinct musical backgrounds and personalities, the three musicians create their own unique music based on free improvisation and close interaction.
John Stowell and Kang Yun-mi were selected for the 'Top 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2025' by the American jazz magazine Cadence for their 2025 duo album *A Timeless Place*, and were also nominated for the 'Best Jazz Vocal Album' at the Korean Music Awards. Park Sang-yeon is a guitarist and composer who has collaborated with musicians from various countries including Finland, Italy, and Croatia. He is characterized by his lyrical original compositions that highlight the harmonic idiom of European jazz and his delicate guitar tone.
At the heart of the album lies free-spirited group improvisation. The three musicians are not bound by traditional roles of solo and accompaniment, but rather unleash their individual musical imagination and spontaneity. Even when one person leads the melody, the others do not remain confined to fixed accompaniment roles; instead, they collaboratively shape the flow and direction of the performance based on their mutual musical choices.
John Stowell anchors the ensemble with a profound musical sensibility honed through years of performance experience, while leading the flow of the music by listening attentively to the sounds of the other two musicians. Park Sang-yeon adds vibrant colors to the music with his distinctive lyrical guitar tone and rich harmonic expression. Kang Yun-mi creates balance within the ensemble by fluidly shifting between vocals and piano, grounded in vocals that blend naturally with the timbres of the two guitars. While maintaining their individual personalities, the three respond to each other's phrasing, rhythm, and harmonic movements to create a single, organic flow.
The album features five original compositions by the three musicians and three jazz standards. Active interplay and trade unfold in John Stowell’s *Tapioca Time* and *Nanti Glo*, and Park Sang-yeon’s *Mowat’s Waltz*. Kang Yoon-mi plays wordless scat and piano simultaneously, weaving her voice and piano together like a single instrument.
The title track "Beyond the River," composed by Park Sang-yeon with Korean lyrics by Kang Yun-mi, and Kang Yun-mi's self-composed song "Thought About You After Coffee" capture the rhythm and lyrical sensibility of the Korean language. Another title track, "Every Time We Say Goodbye," features a structure where the head flows once without a separate solo section, with Kang Yun-mi's free-tempo vocals and the improvisational reactions of the two guitarists forming a single flow. In "Beautiful Love" and "With a Song in My Heart," a flexible ensemble of the three musicians unfolds based on swing.
Connecting original compositions and jazz standards of such distinct character into a single whole is a musical philosophy shared by the three musicians. The title *Beyond the River* embodies Acoustic Triode's philosophy of group improvisation, which seeks harmony by listening to and responding to each other's sounds while maintaining their individual musical freedom. The independent musical personalities of the three musicians are perfected into a single, organic piece of music through close interaction.
Description (Original):
각자의 자유를 지키며, 서로의 소리 속에서 하나의 음악을 만들어가는 세 연주자의 대화.《Beyond the River》는 미국의 재즈 기타리스트 John Stowell, 한국의 기타리스트이자 작곡가 박상연(Sangyeon Park), 보컬리스트이자 피아니스트 강윤미(Yunmi Kang)가 함께한 어쿠스틱 재즈 트리오 Acoustic Triode의 앨범이다. 서로 다른 음악적 배경과 개성을 지닌 세 연주자는 자유로운 즉흥연주와 긴밀한 상호작용을 바탕으로 자신들만의 음악을 만들어간다.
John Stowell과 강윤미는 2025년 발표한 듀오 앨범 《A Timeless Place》로 미국 재즈 전문지 Cadence의 '2025년 베스트 재즈 앨범 Top 10'에 선정되었으며, 한국대중음악상 '최우수 재즈 보컬 음반' 부문 후보에도 올랐다. 박상연은 핀란드, 이탈리아, 크로아티아 등 여러 나라의 음악가들과 협업해 온 기타리스트이자 작곡가로, 유럽 재즈의 화성적 어법이 돋보이는 서정적인 자작곡과 섬세한 기타 음색이 특징이다.
앨범의 중심에는 자유로운 그룹 임프로비제이션(Group Improvisation)이 있다. 세 연주자는 전통적인 솔로와 반주의 역할에 얽매이지 않고 각자의 음악적 상상력과 즉흥성을 펼친다. 한 사람이 선율을 이끌 때에도 다른 연주자들은 정해진 반주의 역할에 머무르지 않으며, 서로의 음악적 선택에 따라 연주의 흐름과 방향을 함께 만들어간다.
John Stowell은 오랜 연주 경험에서 비롯된 깊이 있는 음악적 감각으로 앙상블의 중심을 잡으면서도 다른 두 연주자의 소리에 귀 기울이며 음악의 흐름을 이끈다. 박상연은 특유의 서정적인 기타 음색과 풍부한 화성적 표현으로 음악에 다채로운 색채를 더한다. 강윤미는 두 기타의 음색과 자연스럽게 어우러지는 보컬을 바탕으로, 목소리와 피아노를 유연하게 오가며 앙상블의 균형을 만들어간다. 세 사람은 각자의 개성을 유지하면서도 서로의 프레이징과 리듬, 화성의 움직임에 반응하며 하나의 유기적인 흐름을 만들어낸다.
앨범에는 세 연주자의 자작곡 다섯 곡과 재즈 스탠더드 세 곡이 수록되어 있다. John Stowell의 〈Tapioca Time〉과 〈Nanti Glo〉, 박상연의 〈Mowat's Waltz〉에서는 활발한 인터플레이와 트레이드가 펼쳐진다. 강윤미는 가사 없는 스캣과 피아노를 동시에 연주하며 목소리와 피아노를 하나의 악기처럼 엮어낸다.
박상연이 작곡하고 강윤미가 한국어 가사를 붙인 타이틀곡 〈Beyond the River〉와 강윤미의 자작곡 〈Thought About You After Coffee〉는 한국어의 리듬과 서정적인 감성을 담아낸다. 또 다른 타이틀곡 〈Every Time We Say Goodbye〉는 별도의 솔로 섹션 없이 헤드가 한 차례 흐르는 구성으로, 강윤미의 프리템포 보컬과 두 기타리스트의 즉흥적인 반응이 하나의 흐름을 이룬다. 〈Beautiful Love〉와 〈With a Song in My Heart〉에서는 스윙을 바탕으로 세 연주자의 유연한 앙상블이 펼쳐진다.
이처럼 서로 다른 성격의 자작곡과 재즈 스탠더드를 하나로 연결하는 것은 세 연주자가 공유하는 음악적 철학이다. 《Beyond the River》라는 제목에는 각자의 음악적 자유를 지키면서도 서로의 소리에 귀 기울이고 반응하며 조화를 이루어가는 Acoustic Triode의 그룹 임프로비제이션 철학이 담겨 있다. 세 연주자의 독립적인 음악적 개성은 긴밀한 상호작용을 통해 하나의 유기적인 음악으로 완성된다
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