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Vector Trio

Vector Trio began life in 1996 simply as Vector, an improvisational avant-garde funk septet.

In 2002 Vector became Vector Trio. The musicians began making use of electronics, including looping devices and effects processors, to expand the possibilities of the trio. Their work to date is showcased in their all-original CDs--Plot Twist (2004), Live in DC (2005), and Paths Unknown (2006).

Vector Trio is a project designed to explore freedom and possibility in three voices, contextualized by cultural disharmony.

Vector Trio is:

Scott Forrey - trumpet, loops, electronics, percussion

Scott Forrey has played trumpet with jazz, funk, Latin, and avant-garde bands for more that 25 years. He was both a student and faculty member at Berklee college of Music in the 1980s, where he studied improvisation with saxophonist George Garzone and bassist Miroslav Vitous.

Among his interests are composition, arranging, and scoring film, digital recording technology, and collaborating with poets and other artists. In 1999 Scott contributed to the score of the independent British feature film MOTION, directed by Tom Clay. Vector Trio represents the culmination of years of exploration into live improvisation, musical experimentation, and electronics.

Gary Rouzer - bass, bass cello, loops, electronics

Gary Rouzer has been playing electric bass since he was 16. After studying upright bass at Berklee College of Music in 1978 more jazz influences appeared. Locally he has played many styles with various jazz, rock and fusion groups. Gary and Scott met in the DC Latin-jazz group Locura. Both had been playing salsa in Latin dance bands and were looking for a more creative outlet while wanting to stay within the Latin influence. Recently Gary has added a new voice to the group--the NS Bass Cello.

Marshall Hughey - drums, landscape percussion

Jersey born drummer/percussionist Marshall Hughey has brought a variety of rhythmic styles to this ensemble. He studied with the late Vincent "Muzzy" Mizzoni in New Jersey. Marshall attended the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Va. After graduating in 1982, he performed with local D.C./Va. funk, rock, jazz and experimental projects. Marshall's long music history has seasoned him for vectorTrio's improvisations.

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Album Review

Vector Trio: Nomina

Read "Nomina" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Improvised music tends to be divisive, alienating those who need the life belt of recognizable tunes and attracting those who see drama in the leap into the void. The challenge with improvised music is in creating the right doses of tension and release. There is certainly plenty of tension in this trio's language, and science-fiction horror permeates their music as much as the influence of the more experimental bands who spliced jazz, rock, world rhythms and electronics in the late ...

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Take Five With Scott Forrey of Vector Trio

Read "Take Five With Scott Forrey of Vector Trio" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Scott Forrey: Scott Forrey has played trumpet with jazz, funk, Latin, and avant-garde bands for more that 30 years. He was both a student and faculty member at Berklee College of Music in the 1980s, where he studied improvisation with saxophonist George Garzone and bassist Miroslav Vitous. Among his interests are composition, arranging and scoring film, digital recording technology, and collaborating with poets and other artists. In 1999 Scott contributed to the score of the independent British ...

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Album Review

The Vector Trio: Paths Unknown

Read "Paths Unknown" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Paths Unknown is the result of an improvised studio session by the Vector Trio, without overdubs. Trumpeter Scott Forrey employs loops and a plugged-in horn, and the music elicits notions of an outside jazz session by trumpeter John Hassell, coupled with the free-form side of late-'60s electric Miles Davis. The rhythm section generates a bouncy, groove-laden pulse, topped off with asymmetrical and offbeat digressions. Forrey's oscillating lines feature wah-wah-ish voicings and raspy choruses, often treated with echoing loops and soaring ...

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Recording

New Vector Trio CD, "Nomina," Released

New Vector Trio CD, "Nomina," Released

Source: All About Jazz


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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Nomina

Self Produced
2009

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Paths Unknown

Self Produced
2007

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Asthenic State

From: Nomina
By Vector Trio

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