'Let's Love Jazz': Connecting Trinh Cong Son's Music with International Audiences

The artists of the music project “Let’s Love Jazz” will connect Trinh Cong Son’s profound works with music lovers around the world through a Jazz style that erases language barriers.

With the participation of singer Trinh Vinh Trinh (musician Trinh Cong Son's sister) in the role of "Trinh's memory messenger," the music project "Let's love Jazz" initiated by the Hanoi Blues Note art space officially launched on October 24.

Singer Trinh Vinh Trinh said she felt that the artists of “Let's Love Jazz” had a sincere love for Trinh's music, and a desire to converse in their own language.

Sharing the reason for the project's birth, artist Quynh Pham - founder of Hanoi Blues Note said that in the past decade, "renewing Trinh's music" has become an inspiring underground stream in Vietnamese music life, especially for the youth. However, most of them are still just individual experiments, or in other words, beautiful notes... but not yet a long-term arrangement. No one has really drawn a complete, methodical and connected musical journey to bring Trinh's music closer to the new generation and to the world .

Singer Trinh Vinh Trinh said she felt that the artists of “Let’s Love Jazz” had a sincere love for Trinh’s music. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

“Let's Love Jazz” was born to build that connection journey with a long-term plan, lasting from now until the end of 2028, including 3 phases with many events and activities.

Phase 1 of the project, which lasts from now until 2026, includes communication, searching for suitable young singers; organizing mini shows, small-scale online concerts; producing and launching more albums renewed in the spirit of "dialogue" between jazz and Trinh and between generations of Trinh music lovers. The project will also build and develop Jazz Love Stations in Hanoi , Hue, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City - places to guide, inspire and empower young local artists to perform live and launch renewed works.

By 2027, the project will enter phase 2. This is the time to promote cooperation with international artists and release digital music albums and small performances outside of Vietnam. At the same time, the project also plans to organize 4 larger-scale concert events in Hanoi, Hue, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Phase 3 - 2028, "Let's Love Jazz" continues to produce and release new works, organize a series of music events to exchange Vietnamese and international Jazz music at home and abroad, release albums abroad, and aim to have the participation of a number of international singers loved by young people.

The project has the participation of many generations of artists who love Trinh's music and Jazz. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

In addition to music events, the project will also release bilingual music products on CD, Vinyl and digital music on the occasion of musician Trinh Cong Son's birthday (February 28).

Sharing about the translation of Trinh Cong Son's music into Jazz, Music Director and pianist Vu Quang Trung said that Jazz is improvisation from many different perspectives, from the structure of the work, rhythm, harmony, or solo on the melody... Meanwhile, Trinh Cong Son's music has the beauty of lyrics, familiar and simple melodies.

Therefore, he considered how to combine Jazz style with Trinh's music, still keeping the simplicity, still close to the listeners but with a different color, more interesting, from harmony, rhythm, to the way each singer and artist handles the work./.

Quynh Pham is known as The Jazz Lady - one of the rare Jazz voices in Hanoi, coming from the cradle of Military Culture and Arts in the early 2000s, Quynh Pham has been attached to the Jazz stage for more than 25 years.

As the founder of Hanoi Blues Note, Quynh Pham not only sings, but also creates an artistic space connecting the young generation of artists with Jazz through her enduring passion and individual courage.

Her debut album, “Roi nhu da ngo” (Innocent Stone), is a personal milestone for her with Trinh Cong Son and Jazz, where Trinh's music is told through the voice of an experienced and calm soul.

Now, with Hanoi Blues Note, Quynh chooses to "engage" in the project "Let's love Jazz" with the desire to spread the love for Jazz and Trinh's music to the community, especially the young generation.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/hay-yeu-jazz-di-ket-noi-am-nhac-trinh-cong-son-voi-khan-gia-quoc-te-post1072493.vnp