ArtistInfo

Trần Mạnh Tuấn

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Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer of Jazz, Folk and World
A.k.a. Trần TRan

Trần Mạnh Tuấn is one of the two most prominent jazz saxophonists in Vietnam (the other being Quyền Văn Minh, also from Hanoi). In 2002, he moved from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and has taught at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory. He is also a composer, arranger and producer. He began playing the saxophone in 1979 and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has released many solo CDs and has performed and recorded with many Vietnamese singers. He is also known for his interpretations of the songs of Trịnh Công Sơn. In 2005 he opened the Sax'n'Art jazz club in Ho Chi Minh City. At various occasions, Trần Mạnh Tuấn has perform with a number of well known musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Derek Nash, Lillian Boutte, Charlie Bisharat, Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Hans Dulfer, Fulvio Albano, Rob Mullins, Mike Del Frerro, John Ferguson, Stephan Echer, Co Co York, Jennifer Ryan, Mezcal Jazz Unit, Dana Leong, Denis Mininfield. Tran Manh Tuan was born in Hanoi on May 7th to a family with a tradition in the performing arts. His father, mother and sister are all stage performers of the traditional "Cải Lương" (The Renovated Theater), a theatrical art based on song and dance, created in the South of Vietnam. Yet he found his own musical love in jazz and has responded by becoming one of the leaders of the Vietnamese jazz movement.
While Tuan plays Jazz, Pop, R&B, his favorite is a combination of traditional Vietnamese music and contemporary music that brings to the music-loving public a feeling of unity and a common language. This music evokes love, breath and happiness.

Instruments

• Soprano sax
• Tenor sax
• Flute

Genres

• Jazz
• Folk
• World