''Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny'' is a studio album by trumpeter

Cuong Vu Cuong Vu (Cường Vũ) (born 19 September 1969) is a Vietnamese-American jazz trumpeter. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Vu was a member of the Pat Metheny Group. He is the first American person of Vietnamese descent to win a Grammy ...

and guitarist

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, with additional musicians

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on fretless five-string bass guitar, and

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on drums. The album was released on May 6, 2016 via Nonesuch label. Vu had previously been a member of the

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for two albums and tours before this recording.

Reception

The

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review by Matt Collar states "Together, the quartet plays a set of original songs that straddle the line between ambient tone poems, exploratory modal jazz, and punk-inflected noise jams". They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016.Allmusic Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016
/ref> In ''The Jazz Mann'' Ian Mann wrote "This is music that sounds fresh, spontaneous and adventurous but still with enough structure and compositional awareness to appeal to most discerning listeners". Writing for ''

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'' John Fordham observed "Metheny enters completely into the exploratory spirit, and gives Vu’s intriguing music a fresh dimension and creative support".

Track listing

Personnel

– trumpet *

– bass *

– drums *

– guitar

Technical personnel

* Cuong Vu, Pat Metheny – producers, liner notes * Pete Karam – recording, mixing, mastering * Tim Marchiafava – Engineer * Latifa Metheny, Peter Purgar, Petra Cvelbar – photography

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums 2016 collaborative albums 2010s instrumental albums Pat Metheny albums Nonesuch Records albums