Jazz Articles about Yuhan Su

About Yuhan Su

Radio & Podcasts

Yuhan Su, Stirrup, Arch Trio & Zenophilia

by Maurice Hogue
January 1, 2024

A mixed bag of music with some interesting new albums: Taiwan/New York vibraphonist Yuhan Su dazzles with her release Liberated Gesture; piano threesomes from the Arch Trio from Italy, Wadji Riahi from Tunisia and Omawi from The Netherlands; Stirrup with Fred Longberg--Holm cello, Nick Macri bass & Charles Rumback drums, another trio of pianist John Blum, saxophonist David Murray & drummer Chad Taylor; the rootsy down-home flavour of Zenophilia from Italy, led by drummer Zeno Di Rossi; the sax/drums duo ...

Radio & Podcasts

Yuhan Su, Sam Eastmond, Vanessa Perica, Chien Chien Lu & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 13, 2023

This time around we play with an unusual idea, alternating big band albums with albums recorded by vibraphone players. “Why?" you may ask... For no particular reason, other than the fact that we realized these tunes flow well together.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nikki Iles “Red Ellen" Face to Face (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 7:27 Chien Chien Lu “Hsiu Chin" Built in System (Giant Steps Art) 9:27 ...

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Yuhan Su: Naked Swimmer

by John Chacona
December 2, 2023

For Liberated Gesture, her fourth release, Taiwan-born, New York vibraphonist Yuhan Su assembled a band of saxophonist Caroline Davis, pianist Matt Mitchell, bassist Marty Kenney and drummer Dan Weiss, all of whom play at their usual exalted level. That's fast company, but Su holds her own, moving smoothly in and out of taut ensemble passages and soloing with the clarity and subtle color of tinted quartz. Still, she makes her most impressive contribution on Liberated Gesture with her pen, not ...

Radio & Podcasts

Yuhan Su + Sounds of the Middle East

by David Brown
November 29, 2023

This week we will feature a selection of music that congers of the sounds of the Middle-East though the lens of jazz. Our featured new release will be Liberated Gesture by Taiwanese vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 Cannonball Adderley Quintet “Hippodelphia" from Mercy, Mercy, ...

Interview

Yuhan Su: Sun-Chaser On Vibraphone

by Jiaowei Hu
March 4, 2020

Five thousand years ago, the giant Kuafu set out from the East in an impossible pursuit of the Sun. In his endless chase, says the Chinese classic Shan Hai Jing, he swallowed up all the waters of the Yellow and Wei Rivers, yet even these were insufficient to quench Kuafu's thirst. Ultimately, legend has it, Kuafu perished in his pursuit, yet the giant often referred to as “the Chinese Prometheus" remains mythologized for his fortitude, spirit and resolve.

Album Review

Yuhan Su: City Animals

Read "City Animals" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 12, 2019

Dopo aver pubblicato due dischi con l'etichetta Inner Circle Music di Greg Osby (Flying Alone, 2013 e A Room of One's Own, 2015) la giovane vibrafonista taiwanese presenta un lavoro ancor più interessante a capo del suo quintetto con Matt Holman alla tromba, Alex LoRe al sax contralto, Petros Klampanis al contrabbasso e Nathan Ellman-Bell alla batteria. È lo stesso organico del disco appena precedente, eccetto l'ingresso del sassofonista al posto del chitarrista Kenji Herbert. Trasferitasi a ...

Album Review

Yuhan Su: A Room of One's Own

Read "A Room of One's Own" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 10, 2016

Continuity and progress are the watchwords for A Room of One's Own (Inner Circle Music, 2015), Yuhan Su's follow-up to Flying Alone (Inner Circle Music, 2013), her impressive debut for Greg Osby's label. New York-based Taiwanese vibraphonist Su's debut announced a melodic composer of nuance and sensitivity and a soloist of some style. A Room of One's Own bears all the same hallmarks -well-defined tunes, elegant, tightly woven compositional frameworks and fine individual showings. Yet here, Su is working with ...