Greg Osby

Woongsan is the top jazz vocalist performing around Japan and South Korea. Her outstanding performance overwhelms audiences by her gorgeous appearance and low glamorous voice. She is highly acclaimed as a gifted musician who achieves perfect harmony in both artistic and public ways by critics and fans of music. Woongsan is well known for her unique and warm-hearted tone with great soul of voice, which covers sensitive ballads to strong beats (Blues, Funk, and Latin musics). Woongsan is a double award winner for The Best Jazz Album and The Best Jazz Song by Korean Music Awards in 2008. In the same year, she was also selected as The Best Vocalist in Readers Poll, Korean Jazz Festival. As a result, she became the first korean jazz musician invited in Billboard Live and Blue Note; the best hall of fame in Japan. She has been inspired and strengthened in her musical insight by collaborating with world leading musicians such as Lee Ritenour, Nathan East, John Beasly and Melvin Davis. Her music, Close Your Eyes led to her being the first korean award winner for Golden Disc by Swing Journal, well established jazz magazine, which was a great opportunity to recognize her superior musical ability in 2010. In the following year, Once I Loved by Woongsan was picked in two categories, the grand prize for her album and the gold for her vocal, from the 5th Jazz Audio Disc Awards. Later, she released Once I Loved as a gift with her appreciation for her fans in Korea and Japan at the same time with her 6th regular album, Tomorrow on October, 2011. She has gained a great reputation with her musical career in this field by winning the award for The Runner Up Prize from 19th Japanese Professional Music Recording Awards with Tomorrow.Woongsan never stops challenging herself, not only as a jazz vocalist but also a singer songwriter, musical actress, and as the MC of music show. She often crossovers with Korean folk music and classical music with endless effort.