Dr. Jazz Talks

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Cuong Vu - incredible trumpet player and composer, with a fantastic last album Change in the Air…
We talk about Cuong's beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, playing with Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Ted Poor, Chris Speed, Myra Melford and others, the NYC jazz scene, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums that Cuong did as a leader:
2018 - Change in the Air (with Bill Frisell, Luke Bergman, Ted Poor)
2016 - Meets Pat Metheny (with Pat Metheny, Stomu Takeishi, Ted Poor)
2011 - Leaps of Faith (with Stomu Takeishi, Luke Bergman, Ted Poor)
2007 - Vu-Tet (with Chris Speed, Stomu Takeishi, Ted Poor)
2000 - Bound (with Jamie Saft, Stomu Takeishi, Jim Black)
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