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Vangthanousone Bouaphanh

Born: 1987

Vangthanousone Bouaphanh was born in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. He only took up the guitar aged 21, after hearing some recorded jazz in a friend's bar. Initially attracted to bossa nova, especially {{m: Antonio Carlos Jobim = 8063}}, Vangthanousone soon became fascinated by straight ahead jazz, and began to study and play the music of saxophonists {{m: John Coltrane = 5851}} and {{m: Charlie Parker = 10115}}.

As a guitarist, his main influence is {{m: Pat Martino = 3225}}, though he is also inspired by {{m: Wes Montgomery = 9528}} and {{m: George Benson = 3789}}, and is familiar with the music of {{m: Bill Frisell = 6859}} and {{m: John Scofield = 4151}}amongst others.

Vangthanousone Bouaphanh: Lao Jazznova

by Ian Patterson
May 23, 2012

Cradling his Epiphone Emperor Regent as he stands against the backdrop of a Buddhist temple, guitarist Vangthanousone Bouaphanh cuts a dashing figure. Vangthanousone comes from the “Land of a Million Elephants," better known these days as Laos--a small, Buddhist/animist country sandwiched between Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. Vangthanousone may look like a star, but he's ...