Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny is a studio album by Vietnamese jazz trumpeter Cuong Vu and American jazz 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.

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)

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

Personnel

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

References