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Pianist Helen Sung Recalls Her Winding Path to a Jazz Career, on Salon Sessions

Pianist and composer Helen Sung was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and received rigorous classical training before pivoting to jazz. She has made up for lost time since, working with mentors like bassist Ron Carter, and releasing several well-received albums of her own. 

Sung appears with vocalist Nicole Zuraitis at Mezzrow on Sunday, with the Mingus Big Band at the Jazz Standard on Monday, and at the Caramoor Jazz Festival on July 15. She recently joined host Sheila Anderson in a conversation on Salon Sessions.

In 1995 Sheila E. Anderson joined the staff of WBGO in Newark, New Jersey where she hosts <i>Weekend Jazz Overnight </i>and <i>Salon Sessions</i>. She has authored four books: <i>The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac</i> (2003), <i>How to Grow as A Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed</i> (2005) (both published by Allworth Press), <i>The Little Red Book of Musicians Wisdom</i> (Skyhorse Press, 2012) and the 2<sup>nd</sup> edition of <i>How to Grow as A Musician</i> was published in 2019,<br/><br/>In addition to curating jazz at the Newark Museum of Art, Ms. Anderson is a 2017 Columbia University Community Scholar, an inaugural Dan <br/>Morgenstern Fellow by the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark <br/>(2020), is a graduate of Baruch College and resides in Harlem, NYC.<br/>