Results for "Cuong Vu"

Cuong Vu

Born: September 19, 1969

Cuong Vu is widely recognized by jazz critics as a leader of a new generation of innovative musicians. A truly unique musical voice, Cuong has lent his trumpet playing talents to a wide range of artists including Pat Metheny, Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, Dave Douglas, Cibo Matto, Mitchell Froom, and Chris Speed. Since moving to New York in 1994, Cuong has been active leading various groups, most notably his trio with Stomu Takeishi (bass) and Ted Poor (drums).

He has toured extensively throughout the world and has given clinics and masterclasses throughout the US and Europe. As a leader, Cuong has released four recordings, “Bound” (OmniTone), “Pure” (Knitting Factory Records), “Come Play With Me” (Knitting Factory Records) and “It's Mostly Residual” (ArtistShare) to critical acclaim, with each one having been considered among the best recordings of their respective years

Rioga I Mbeirteanna (feat. Cuong Vu)

By Andrew Lion līder|lāder (lye-der/lay-der)

Label: Envelopmental Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Rioga I Mbeirteanna (feat. Cuong Vu)

Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, Martin Nevin: Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, Martin Nevin

by Max Kutner
January 6, 2026

Centering the theme of an album around the sum of its performers is hardly a new idea but one that nevertheless yields innumerable possibilities of expression as personalities will always be unique. The dynamic between Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, and Martin Nevin on this self-titled recording is no exception to that rule but speaks to the ...

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By Brian Ales

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shutter Speed; No Poetry; International Arrivals; Always Together/Always Gone; Like Vast; Candy Color Questions; Sad Man Club

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 4

by Ian Patterson
August 5, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The fourth installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces four more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and ...

October 2023: An Improvised Paradise

by Pat Youngspiel
October 11, 2023

The Angelica Sanchez Nonet Nighttime Creatures Pyroclastic Records 2023 One rarely gets to hear the contra-alto clarinet--an instrument mainly developed in the 20th century with a range extending downwards to the lower E-flat (concert G-flat), sometimes even a D or a C. On the introductory title cut of Nighttime Creatures, however, ...

Francois Houle, Sei Miguel & other new Clean Feed Releases

by Maurice Hogue
May 17, 2023

There's plenty of great new music to get excited about in this edition of OMJ. Clean Feed Records, that wonderful label in Portugal, just dropped a whole bunch of new albums and I'm happy to dig into these--the Italian band {m: Roots Magic}} that digs into blues and avant-garde, the unique trumpeter Sei Miguel , Canadian ...

Ingrid Laubrock, Mario Costa, Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp / Jeff Cosgrove

by Maurice Hogue
April 25, 2023

This show is the 1,300th edition of One Man's Jazz since it debuted back in May 1999 one sunny Saturday afternoon in the studios of CKUW FM in Winnipeg. How the content has changed since then! More avant-garde, more international players, more intense, but still a joy to put together. Ordinarily I would have done some ...

Jazz Festival Saalfelden 2022

by Ziga Koritnik
September 11, 2022

A collection of photos from the Jazz Festival Saalfelden 2022 in Austriain from August 18, 2022 to August 21, 2022 featuring Isaiah Collier and the Chosen Few, Alba Careta Group, Paal Nilssen-Love Circus, Vincent Courtois, Emilé Parisien Sextet “Louise" feat. Theo Croker, Cuong Vu, The Vijay Iyer Trio, Christoph Cech Jazz Orchestra Project, Ole Morten Vågan ...

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2022

by Stefano Merighi
August 29, 2022

Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2022 Saalfelden, Austria 18-21.8.2022 Spesso i lettori si abituano a leggere in diversi report sulla scena jazzistica accenni alla “scena scandinava," come se questa fosse un monolite che si aggira nel più ampio panorama afro-euro-americano. In realtà questa scena è policroma, polifonica, può far interagire i suoi elementi come farli ...