Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny

Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
Studio album by Cuong Vu Trio and Pat Metheny
Released	May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Recorded	February 4–6, 2015
Studio	Avatar Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz, avant-garde jazz
Length	53:19
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Cuong Vu
Pat Metheny chronology
The Unity Sessions (2016) Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (2016) From This Place (2020)

Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny is a studio album by trumpeter Cuong Vu and guitarist Pat Metheny, with additional musicians Stomu Takeishi on fretless five-string bass guitar, and Ted Poor on drums. ^[1] The album was released on May 6, 2016 via Nonesuch label.

Vu had previously been a member of the Pat Metheny Group for two albums and tours before this recording.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Jazz Mann	[3]
The Guardian	[4]

The AllMusic 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". ^[2] They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016. ^[5] 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". ^[3] Writing for The Guardian John Fordham observed "Metheny enters completely into the exploratory spirit, and gives Vu’s intriguing music a fresh dimension and creative support". ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cuong Vu except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Acid Kiss"		9:05
2.	"Not Crazy (Just Giddy Upping) (For Vina)"		6:05
3.	"Seeds of Doubt"		7:00
4.	"Tiny Little Pieces"		10:29
5.	"Telescope"	Pat Metheny	7:05
6.	"Let's Get Back (For Liduvina)"		7:23
7.	"Tune Blues"	Andrew D'Angelo	6:16
Total length:			53:19

Personnel

• Cuong Vu – trumpet
• Stomu Takeishi – bass
• Ted Poor – drums
• Pat Metheny – 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

1. "Nonesuch Releases Two New Albums from Pat Metheny on May 6: "The Unity Sessions," "Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny"". Nonesuch Records. March 18, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. Collar, Matt. Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny – Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny at AllMusic . Retrieved 2017-01-04.
3. Mann, Ian (June 10, 2016). "Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny — Cuong Vu Trio". The Jazz Mann. London. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. Fordham, John (May 26, 2016). "Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny review – jazz with an exploratory spirit". The Guardian . London. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
5. Allmusic Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016