Ballet (The Music Of Michael Gibbs)

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On the heels of his acclaimed 2016 recording, Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (Nonesuch Records), 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 (RareNoise Records), trumpeter - composer Cuong Vu joins forces with guest guitarist Bill Frisell on Ballet, a tribute to renowned composer arranger Michael Gibbs. 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). 1.Ballet 2.Feelings And Things 3.Blue Comedy 4.And On The Third Day 5.Sweet Rain