Vincent Hsu Rumba Para Oggun for NOJM

Vincent HsuBassist / Composer / Music Director"Composer Vincent Hsu deserves our ears!"— DownBeat Magazine ★★★★ Editors' PicksVincent Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with hisTaiwanese roots. Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz Performance from New York University and hasbeen touring worldwide, including Madrid International Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, BlueNote New York & Beijing, Busan Jazz Festival, Taipei Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival, among others. Heserves as the Founder and Music Director of two bands with different instrumentations: The Jazz SupremeOrchestra and Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band, which was invited to perform at the New Orleans JazzMuseum and the Downriver Festival, followed by their 2019 U.S. tour in New York, Chicago, and Connecticut.The two bands have taken the dual vernaculars of Afro-Cuban music and jazz and left their own musicalmark through the creation of an original work that embraces the context of Taiwan’s own soundscape. Hsu’sbrand new album Music for the River Jazz Suite: The Spirit of Love River & Mississippi River has beenchosen by DownBeat Magazine for its 2023 Editors’ Picks and received a stellar four-star review. Hsu’s otheralbums were honored with three nominations (Homeland) at the Golden Melody Awards; “Best Jazz Album”(Homeland) and “Best Jazz Single” (“Dreamer’s Blues”) at the Golden Indie Music Awards; “Silver Medal forOutstanding Achievement” (In Our Blood) at the Global Music Awards. In 2020, his composition “The Era”was selected by the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) as a finalist. In addition to performing, Hsuis committed to the outreach of jazz culture and original compositions, actively promoting jazz andAfro-Cuban music through projects in education and international exchange. His radio show Jazz Supremealso won “Best Non-Pop Music Program” and “Best Non-Pop Music Program Host” at the 2020 Golden BellAwards.Vincent Hsu Afro-Cuban Quintet"Rumba Para Oggun"Composition by Vincent Hsu From the album "Spirits From Both Sides"
Musicians:
Vincent Hsu｜Double Bass & Composition
Manuel Machado｜Trumpet
Ariel Bringuez Ruiz｜Tenor Saxophone
Javier Massó "Caramelo de Cuba"｜Piano
Raul Pineda｜Drums & Percussion