NYKJO (New York Koean Jazz Orchestra) is comprised of Korean professional musicians in NYC and is the first Korean jazz big band in the U.S. NYKJO has played various genres of music to stimulate and promote public interest in big band jazz style, performing public jazz concerts. KyungGu Lee is currently working with NYKJO as an arranger, a music director and a producer as well as the first tenor player. In 2011, he dedicated himself to the first recording of NYKJO.