A Door

Joonsam is a bassist that brings together a wide palate of sounds and colors. The core trio with Aaron Parks/p and Nate Woods/dr are augmented by a rotating team of Ralph Alessi/tp, Ben Monder/g, and a handful of cameos. Wood rocks hard with Monder's guitar on "Zadrak" and the trio rustles to Alessi's horn on "Whirlwind." Reflective and quiet, "Love Trauma" is enhanced by Yeahwon Shin's vocals" and Chung Eun Han's bamboo flute reflects like a poi pond on "Doraji The Flower." Joonsam knows how to develop a deep groove as he displays his wares on the hip "2 Tunes" and he creates sepia tones with Parks on "Where Water Comes Together With Other Waters." Rich textures abound.