Yuhan Su -vibraphone
Matt Mitchell -piano
Alex LoRe -alto saxophone
Marty Kenney -bass
Dan Weiss -drums
Recent nomination for the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category “Rising Star” of Vibraphone, New York based Taiwanese vibraphonist Yuhan Su has been living in the US since moving to Boston in 2008 to study at Berklee. Yuhan’s three records release as a leader including City Animals (2018, Sunnyside Record), A Room of One’s Own (2015, Inner Circle Music) and Flying Alone (2012, Inner Circle Music), have received widespread approval and numerous music awards and nominations, including ‘Best Jazz Album of the Year’, ‘Best New Artist’, ’ Best Jazz Single’, ‘Best Instrumentalist Award’ from the Golden Indie Music Award and ‘Best Performance Album of the year’, ’Best Composer Award’ from the Golden Melody Award in Taiwan, and “Best Release of the Year” by All about Jazz and Downbeat. Yuhan also performed with different projects in New York including Amir Elsaffar’s Rivers of sound, Brian Krock’s Big Heart Machine, Miho Hazama’s M_Unit and Kyle Saulnier’s Awakening Orchestra, Jason Yeager’s Septet, and more.
“Like the best fiction, it’s entirely enveloping” - Editor’s Pick / Best of 2018 ★★★★ Downbeat
“Intelligence, sensitivity and a haunting sense of tenderness.” - Downbeat
”among the most prominent contemporary voices on the vibraphone “- Jazziz
"Her playing is luminous and glowing, but switches to compellingly aggressive at the drop of a mallet “— New York City Jazz Record
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