Cuong Vu 4-tet - Ballet: The Music Of Michael Gibs (2017)

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Title: Ballet: The Music Of Michael Gibs
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: RareNoiseRecords #RNR079
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Tracks+Cue+m3u,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:41:51
Total Size: 321 / 166 Mb (Full Scans)
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Trumpeter Cuong Cu (Pat Metheny Group) and a quartet featuring legendary guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Luke Bergman and drummer Ted Poor rip through five tunes from the pen of composer/arranger Michael Gibbs. Recorded in Seattle in 2016, this recording is a must for fans of adventurous playing.

On the heels of his acclaimed 2016 recording, Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny and his 2014 collaboration with electro-acoustic pianist-composer and Director of the School of Music at the University of Washington Richard Karpen on their Ellington-Strayhorn tribute That The Days Go By And Never Come Again, trumpeter-composer Cuong Vu joins forces with guest guitarist Bill Frisell on Ballet, a tribute to renowned composer-arranger Michael Gibbs. With regular Vu 4Tet bassist Luke Bergman and drummer Ted Poor, the four exchange ideas in the moment in a collective fashion on the expansive opening track, "Ballet," which gradually morphs into a kind of quirky, dissonant blues waltz featuring brilliant solos from Vu and Frisell. Regarding this exhilarating Vu 4Tet project, Vu says, "This was a very collective/equal opportunity effort, so we just played and dealt with the cards collectively as they were dealt. I think it just comes down to the collection of players and our individual aesthetics coming together and trying to find a common goal/language." They succeed in triumphant fashion on Ballet, the second collaboration between Cuong Vu and Bill Frisell (their first was Vu's 2005 ArtistShare album Mostly Residual).


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Cuong Vu 4-tet - Ballet: The Music Of Michael Gibs (2017)

Track List:

01. Ballet [8:06]
02. Feelings and Things [6:11]
03. Blue Comedy [8:13]
04. And On The Third Day [11:47]
05. Sweet Rain [7:33]

Personnel:
Cuong Vu - trumpet
Bill Frisell - guitar
Luke Bergman - bass
Ted Poor - drums

 



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