Member Since: 12/11/2007
Band Website: wayoutwest.com.au
Band Members: Way Out West... Dung Nguyen dan tranh, modified electric guitar, dan bau, Paul Williamson saxophones, Peter Knight trumpet, Howard Cairns bass, Ray Pereira percussion, Dave Beck drums
Influences: Wes Montgomery, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Miles Davis, James Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Eddie van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Van Vi, Van So Nguyen, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Van Gioi, Bay Ba, Nam Co, Tung Chau.......
Sounds Like: 5 Star review in ABC Limelight MagazineABC Limelight Magazine October 2007
Peter Wockner, Rating 5 stars (New Album: Old Grooves for New Streets).A mixed marriage of unprecedented success! While the thought of fusing African and Vietnamese music may appear unusual, the result is one of the most compelling releases of 2007. Trumpeter Peter Knight is a renowned innovative composer. Dung Nguyen brings the fleeting street sounds of Vietnam using a modified electric guitar and multi-stringed dan tranh. Dave Beck, Howard Cairns and Ray Pereira are at one with the rhythms, the latter especially textural when raising the African grooves to danceable levels. But their grooves are corralled by the underlying focus on interaction and expression through the horns of Knight and Paul Williamson.(Footscray Stations) Voted by Australian critics as one of the top ten CDs of 2003... dreamy melodies floating over hypnotic grooves from a wonderful six piece group featuring a unique blend of Vietnamese stringed instruments with African percussion, double bass, drum kit.The supple seamless vibes they produce easily transcend any glib notions of multicultural kitsch†(Herald Sun), “That these exotic sounds blend so well with jazz is a mysterious Melbourne alchemy†(Sydney Morning Herald 2003)
Record Label: Jazzhead
Type of Label: Indie