Bound

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Cuong Vu eschews jazz and gives birth to a burning new concept: cutting edge improvisation, deploying subtle electronics with the 20th century compositional sensibility of Charles Ives and Aaron Copland. He eschews predictability but delivers a one-two punch of controlled pop understanding in the title track vocal. He eschews the trumpet yet plays his ass off. This debut album from the hot, young, "downtown" trumpeter/composer on the creative jazz scene is "bound" to become a contemporary milestone of American music.

BBC Music Magazine (October 2000)
...one of the most adventurous, distinctive recording debuts of recent years, blending nervy funk with dreamy, drifting melodies, vigorous street beats with free-floating delicacy.
by Chris Parker

JazzTimes (July/August 2000)
. . . Cuong's playing encompasses both achingly beautiful melodies that sing like those of the Prince of Darkness and the occasional use of punchy extended techniques reminiscent of Lester Bowie....Throughout Bound, Vu's performance is remarkably assured...
by Christopher Porter

AllAboutJazz.com (May 2000)
. . . Vu melds lustrous tonalities and lyrically rich lines with the often turbulent and thoroughly striking support provided by fellow New York City based virtuosos, drummer Jim Black, electric bassist Stomu Takeishi and keyboard whiz Jamie Saft.... Bound is brimming with ingenuity yet also packs a heavyweight punch!
by Glenn Astarita