Cuong Vu 4-tet - Ballet: The Music Of Michael Gibs (2017)
Artist: Cuong Vu 4-tet
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)
WebSite: Album Preview
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)
WebSite: Album Preview
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).
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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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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