Innovative and creative energy from young virtuoso!

[Introduction]

Title: Jahari Stampley First Live in Seoul
Subtitle: Ear Crush Vol.1
Date: August 16th (Sat.) 7pm / about 90 min.
Venue: Seobo Art and Cultural Space (Seoul)
Tickets: 77,000 KRW
Discounts: 10% Jazz Bridge returning customer, College students, Senior citizen
20% Elementary/Middle/High school, Disabled, Veterans
Reservation: Nol Ticket, Naver Reservation (* linktr.ee/jazzbridge)
Artists: Jahari Stampley(piano/keys), D-Erenia Stampley(bass/sax), JK Kim(drums)
Presented & Produced by: Jazz Bridge Company Inc.
Sponsor: Yamaha Music Korea, California Wines
Inquiry: 0507-1370-6160 (Jazz Bridge Company Inc.)

“I haven’t seen anybody with technique like that, ever… I thought I was looking at Art Tatum’s second coming, in a more modern form. He is just an amazing talent.”
- Herbie Hancock

“Promising and talented musician”
- Chicago Jazz Magazine

[Concert intro.]

Jahari Stampley is a Chicago-born pianist who began playing the piano at the age of 14. Within two years of exploring the instrument, he began winning various competitions including Best High School Jazz Soloist Award and the National YoungArts Competition. By the age of 18 years old, he was recognized and followed by many world-renowned musicians including Yebba Smith, Jill Scott, Robert Glasper, Cory Henry, Jacob Collier, Stanley Clarke, and Derrick Hodge, among others. Jahari has toured with Stanley Clarke and is featured on Derrick Hodge’s "Color of Noise" album.

Jahari has performed in venues such as Radio City Music Hall in NYC, The Met Philadelphia, Byline Bank Aragon in Chicago, Carnegie Hall in NY, San Francisco Jazz Center, and MANY others. He’s also headlined & performed solo piano tours in Berlin, Koethen & Magdeburg, Germany, Geneva, Switzerland, and Los Angeles, California. He’s conducted music workshops in Santa Ana, Costa Rica, and taught masterclasses in Spokane, Washington. Jahari is also the band leader & featured pianist playing the part of Bill Wither’s keyboardist in the feature film “Spinning Gold". Many of Jahari’s performances have garnered praise in various media outlets, articles & magazines throughout the world.

Jahari won first place in the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute International Competition, 2023 Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz, 2023 Chicago Youth Symphony Alumni Award, the first non-classical musician to receive the honor; and awarded the 2023 Luminarts Fellowship for his debut album “Still Listening.” Earlier in his life Jahari won the Bösendorfer prize for the international 2019 American Jazz Pianists Association Competition (for ages 18-25), the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Fran Morganstern Davis Scholarship, and the National Young Arts Foundation 2018 Young Arts Winner.

In May of 2025 Jahari released his single “To Be Alive” from his second album “What A Time” which is set to be released in Asia in July, 2025 and in the US in September, 2025. In celebration of his sophomore album release, Jahari will be touring in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou), Japan (Tokyo) and will finally make his first appearance in Korea (Jeonju, Seoul) in mid-August. Jahari Stampley’s “First live in Korea” tour is produced by Jazz Bridge Company and is supported by Yamaha Music Korea as he’s Yamaha Artist. Don’t miss your chance to experience the sensational young virtuoso who will showcase one of the most innovative and creative jazz piano trio concerts of current generation.

[Artists]

Jahari Stampley (p, key, synth)
2025 Luminarts Writers Award for “What A Time” Album
2025 ASCAP Herb Albert Composers Award
2024 Grammy Nomination for “EverLand” Keyon Harrold
2023 First-Place Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition
2023 Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz
2023 Honoree of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2023 Luminarts Fellowship for “Still Listening”

D-Erania Stampley (b, sax, synth)
Jahari is joined by D-Erania Stampley, Jahari's mother, a Grammy-nominated musician in seven categories from Chicago IL. The 59th Grammy Awards Committee recognized D-Erania's "Language of the Heart" CD for seven ballot categories. "Language of the Heart successfully balances accessibility and imagination. D-Erania has created a work that has wide appeal without sacrificing originality, one with plenty of inspired artistry that is solidly mainstream. This record is a portent of a brilliant career for this promising and talented musician." - Chicago Jazz Magazine, Hrayr Attarian.

JK Kim 김종국 (ds)
Jongkuk Kim is an award-winning Billboard nominated drummer, improviser, composer, and electronic musician from Incheon, Korea who has become an integral voice in the contemporary jazz and improvised music scene in his home city and a rising star in the worldwide jazz community. He is undoubtedly one of very few jazz drummers in recent years who has been recognized so highly on the international jazz scene. He has distinguished himself as one of the leading voices of his generation and is now one of the most sought-after jazz drummers in the world today with his name appearing in major publications such as Billboard, Grammy and Vogue magazines.

Jongkuk Kim brings his adventurous spirit, eclectic palette and gift for spontaneous invention to a staggering range of styles. Equally virtuosic playing acoustic jazz, boundary-stretching electronic music, or next-level rock, he has become a key collaborator with such original sonic thinkers as Aaron Parks, Meshell Ndegeocello, Dayna Stephens, Eric Nam, So!YoON! and megastar K-pop bands, BTS and RM of BTS.