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Vincent Hsu Double bassist/ Composer vincenthsujazz.com Vincent Hsu is a jazz bassist, composer and radio host. Born in Changhua, Taiwan, and raised in Kaohsiung, he launched his musical career in New York City, where he lived for eight years. His debut album, Homeland, won Best Jazz Album at the 2014 Golden Indie Music Awards and was nominated for three Golden Melody Awards in 2015: Best Album, Best Composer, and Best Producer (Instrumental). His second album, Lullaby for the Youth, with Harold Danko on piano and Billy Drummond on drums, was also nominated for three Golden Indie Music Awards in 2017. Vincent Hsu’s latest album In Our Blood featuring Victor Mendoza, with Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band, won the Best Jazz Single with Vincent’s composition “Dreamer's Blues” at the 2018 Golden Indie Music Awards. In 2019, In Our Blood was honored with the Global Music Awards’ Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement. In 2020, Vincent’s composition “The Era” was selected by International Songwriting Competition (ISC) as the finalist. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz Performance from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from City College of New York, where he previously earned a master’s degree in TESOL. He studied acoustic bass with legendary musicians, including Cecil McBee, Victor Venegas, Andy González, and John Schaeffer (former Principal Bassist for the New York Philharmonic). He also studied bata drums with Yagbe Awolowo Onilu, Pedro Pablo Rodríguez Mireles, Daniel Rodriguez, and Mauricio Herrera Tamayo. Vincent Hsu’s musical styles cross between jazz and Afro-Cuban music. Hsu has performed at various jazz venues, such as Blue Note New York, Blue Note Beijing, Jazz Gallery, St. Nick's Pub, Nuyorican Poets Café, Puppet’s Jazz Bar, Deer Head Inn, Arturo's, Aaron Davis Hall, and Smalls. The musicians he collaborated with include Luis Perdomo, Harold Danko, Billy Drummond, Jerome Jennings, Helen Sung, Ivan Melon Lewis, Georvis Pico Milian, Bobby Martinez, Wayne Escoffery, Frederic Borey, Tomoko Ohno, Alex Terrier, Andy Jaffe, Chris Wabich, among many others. In addition to performing, Hsu is committed to the outreach of jazz culture and original compositions, actively promoting jazz and Afro-Cuban music through projects in education and international exchange.In recent years, he has been heading different bands appearing at jazz festivals to present his original music, including Madrid International Jazz Festival, Busan Jazz Festival, Downriver Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival, Taipei Jazz Festival, National Theater & Concert Hall Summer Jazz Festival, and Macau Jazz Festival, etc. Official Website: www.vincenthsujazz.com Vincent Hsu Fan Page：https://www.facebook.com/homeland.vincenthsujazz/ Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band Fan Page： https://www.facebook.com/soylaleyjazz/
