The Songs for the One

The Songs for the One is the fifth studio album by South Korean musician Shin Hae-chul. It was released on 29 January 2007, under Siren Entertainment and distributed by Blue Cord Technology and Mnet Media. The album, a complete sonic departure from his previous works that were more rock-oriented, features mostly remakes of jazz and traditional pop songs in both English and Korean played by a big band, with the only new original song with lyrics being "Thank You and I Love You". The song was written by Shin (along with Yoon Chae and Peter Casey) in dedication to his wife who had given birth to their daughter the year before release.

Background
Prior to the album's development, Shin was not known as a jazz enthusiast. He recalled wearing a bow tie and singing while listening to a mixture of Frank Sinatra, hard rock, and heavy metal — the last two genres were the kinds of music he had previously produced and released. Shin decided to release music inspired by big band orchestrations because the swing ensemble was his favourite.

Shin and his 28-member band practised for six months of preparation before participating in a simultaneous recording. They faced difficulty in recording in South Korea, so he flew to Sydney and finished sessions there in six days. Peter Casey had worked with Shin to create the album. Shin voluntarily gave up his roles in arranging the album and as the sole producer in favour of singing the lead.

Songs originally by Shin include "Inspiring Generation", "Thank You and I Love You" and "Jazz Cafe"; the latter was initially released as a song on his second studio album Myself in 1991. For promotion, Shin and his crossover band Seba held a performance titled "Shin Hae Chul Jazz scandal with seba" at the Centennial Memorial Hall of Yonsei University.

Personnel
This list is derived from the album booklet.


 * Shin Hae-chul – executive producer and lead vocals; songwriting ("Thank You and I Love You")


 * Session musicians


 * Peter Casey – conducting
 * Paul Panichi, Simon Sweeney, Ralph Pyl, Paul Thorne – trumpet
 * Anthony Kable, Ben Gurton, Mark Barnsley – trombone
 * Colin Philpott – bass trombone
 * Mark Taylor – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
 * Andrew Robertson – alto saxophone, clarinet
 * Graham Jesse, Adrian Cunningham – tenor saxophone, clarinet
 * Stephen Fitzmaurice – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
 * Vanessa Park, Martyn Hentschel, Li Liu, Aeree Coward, Bing Xia, Dara Daly, Nicholas Parry – violin
 * Andrew Marciniak – violin, viola
 * Charlotte Roberts – violoncello
 * Casey Poon – strings manager
 * Gerald Masters – piano, keyboard
 * Jonathan Zwarts – bass
 * Jim Pennell – guitar, nylon guitar
 * Gordon Rytmeister – drums
 * Tony Azzoparadi – percussion
 * Chris Kamzelas – guitar
 * Oh Hee-jung (Beautiful Days) – vocals (9)
 * Lee Jung-in – vocals (10)