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TJG Residency Commission ’25 Presents: Yuhan Su ‘American Time’


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Photo by Te Fan Wang

Yuhan Su - vibraphone
Ingrid Laubrock - saxophone
Adam O’Farrill - trumpet
Tomoko Omura - violin
Miles Okazaki - guitar
Chris Tordini - bass
Ches Smith - drums

Vibraphonist/Composer Yuhan Su will premiere a new set of music ‘American Time’ featuring an ensemble of all-stars improvisers with Ingrid Laubrock on saxophone, Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, Tomoko Omura on 5-strings violin, Miles Okazaki on guitar, Chris Tordini on bass, and Ches Smith on drums.

‘Like the best fiction, it’s entirely enveloping’ - Recent Nominee of 2024 Downbeat Rising Star of Vibraphone, New York based Taiwanese vibraphonist Yuhan Su’s four records release as a leader including Liberated Gesture(2023, Sunnyside), City Animals(2018, Sunnyside), 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, including ‘Best Instrumental Composer Award’ at the Golden Melody Award in 2024 and ‘Best Album of the Year’, ‘Best New Artist’, ’ Best Jazz Single’, ‘Best Instrumentalist Award’ from the Golden Indie Music Award in Taiwan, and ‘Best Release of the Year’ by All about Jazz and Downbeat. Yuhan has performed with different projects including Amir Elsaffar’s Rivers of Sound, Vijay Iyer’s group, Greg Osby Sextet, Matt Mitchell Quartet, Brian Krock’s Big Heart Machine, Miho Hazama’s M_Unit, Webber/Morris Big Band, Quinsin Nachoff Quintet, Jason Yeager’s Septet, Eugenia Choe Trio and more. Yuhan is names as Top 25 Best Vibraphonists in history by U Discover Music and currently endorsed by Ludwig-Musser Percussion, Resta-Jay Percussion and Alternate Mode Inc.

 

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