" data-original-title="" title="">Jihye Lee is now offering her third release, coming on the heels of the well-received April (Self-released, 2017) and Daring Mind (Mot��ma Music, 2021). Lee is a fearless artist with a seemingly limitless imagination, with a multiplicity of themes and rhythms swirling through her complex, densely-layered compositions. And as always, she once again has a terrific group of colleagues to help bring her rich, multi-hued vision to life.

There is an endearing earnestness to Lee's approach, as she finds inspiration in huge questions surrounding grief, community, belief, and the will to fight through life's challenges. Pieces like "Born in 1935" and "Eight Letters" were colored by the passing of Lee's grandmother and the devastating impact it had on her mother, and they possess the range of emotional crests and troughs one would expect—although perhaps somewhat surprisingly, on these tracks it is the heft and power of Lee's music that tend to stand out much more than the moments of pensive reflection. Even the relatively subdued pieces on Infinite Connections usually have a smoldering intensity waiting for the sudden spark needed to burst into full flame.

Lee's compositions are rhythmically potent, fueled sometimes by vigorous ensemble counterpoint, as on the fervent opening cuts, "Surrender" and "We Are All from the Same Stream," or via the thunderous drumming of