Helen Sung Quartet at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts

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An award-winning classical pianist who found swinging salvation in a Tommy Flanagan solo, Helen Sung pours her flawless technique and sophisticated touch into music that’s funky, intelligent, and brimming with gusto. Winner of the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition, Sung’s ecstatic performances have earned her praise as “one of jazz’s finest improvisers” (Mercury News). Sung leads a quartet known for their exquisite interplay and playfully incorporating the influence of the masters into their imaginative approach. A regular with the Mingus Big Band, T.S. Monk, and Terri Lyne Carrington’s Grammy-winning Mosaic Project, discover why Wynton Marsalis picked Sung as one his 2011 Who’s Got Next: Jazz Musicians to Watch.