Cuong Vu It’s Mostly Residual ArtistShare The first sounds you hear on Cuong Vu’s new album are ethereal trumpet moans joined by equally otherworldly clusters of notes emanating from a guitar. These sounds herald the beginning of a musical marriage made in electronic heaven. On his latest album, It’s Mostly Residual, cutting-edge, electronic trumpet virtuoso […]
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Trumpeting new ideas
The leading trumpet players of the last several decades coaxed no shortage of distinctive sounds out of the instrument. Miles Davis was known for evoking extraordinary pathos. Wynton Marsalis can make it sing with astounding clarity. And Jon Faddis can play in an upper register so high that you might wonder if the notes are […]
