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My Take
Cuong Vu earns my unreserved admiration. Born in Ho Chi Minh City and reborn in America as a jazz trumpeter, he became the first Vietnamese-American to win a Grammy, and not once but twice, through his work in the Pat Metheny Group. Trumpeter, singer, composer, DJ, and university teacher, his range frankly leaves me trailing behind. There is something profound about a man whose homeland carries a refugee history reaching the summit of jazz, the most quintessentially American of art forms. I want to hear his sound carrying all of that weight inside it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cường Vũ
- Name (Japanese)
- クオン・ヴー
- Reading
- くおん・ゔー
- Born
- September 19, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rooster
- Origin
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Occupation
- trumpeter / singer / composer / DJ producer / university teacher
2. Background
- High school
- Bellevue High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.cuongvu.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BC
Frequently asked questions
When was Cường Vũ born?
Born September 19, 1969 (age 56).
Where is Cường Vũ from?
Cường Vũ is from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
What does Cường Vũ do?
Cường Vũ works as trumpeter, singer, composer, DJ producer, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.