Cuong Vu

Cuong Vu ( born September 19, 1969 in Saigon) is a Vietnamese jazz trumpeter and singer.

Life and work

Cuong Vu was born in what was then South Vietnam; his parents left with him the land in 1975 and settled in the USA in Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle down. Although he grew up with the traditional music of his homeland, to influence him was the American pop music on the radio. With eleven years Vu trumpet began to play, and later inter alia, in high school bands and jazz combos, influenced by jazz fusion of Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny and Mike Stern. After his graduation, he went on a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Joe Maneri, Geri Allen and Dave Holland and dealt with composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Schoenberg, Witold Lutoslawski and Ligeti. 1994 moved Vu to New York City, where he established himself as a trumpeter in the avant-garde jazz scene, involved in his work but also influences of contemporary jazz as well as rock and funk with a.

Vu worked, inter alia, with Laurie Anderson, David Bowie, Dave Douglas, Cibo Matto, Gerry Hemingway ( 1999), Bobby Previte ( Too Close to the Pole, 1996), Mark Helias, Andy vice, the band Orange Then Blue, Mitchell Froom, Assif Tsahar and Chris Speed ( deviation, 1998). In 2001 he toured with Pat Metheny as a trumpet player and singer. He also launched several own formations of musicians such as bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer Ted Poor belonged. In his band VU TET he worked with Jim Black, Curtis Hasselbring, Chris Speed ​​and Stomu Takeishi.

His playing ranges to Cook / Morton of Miles Davis -like impressions to rock and abstract soundscapes.

In 2003 he received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album ( Contemporary Jazz category ) for its involvement in Pat Metheny's album Speaking of Now ( 2002).

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Bound (2000, Omnitone )
  • Pure (2000, Knitting Factory )
  • Come Play with Me (2001, Knitting Factory )
  • It's Mostly Residual (2005, Artist Share)
  • Vu -Tet (2007, Artist Share)
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