Open Arts LES: Wen-Ting Wu Trio

NY-based drummer, composer, and educator Wen-Ting Wu is a diverse artist from Taiwan with a background ranging from jazz to contemporary music. Besides being a member in Grammy-winner Frank Lacy’s Septet and AAPI Jazz Collective currently, she has also shared the stage with jazz artists such as Ed Cherry, Helen Sung, Bertha Hope, Lonnie Plaxico, contemporary artists Eunbi Kim, Gina Izzo and synth-pop band Sunset Rollercoaster. She has toured in the US and internationally in Asia at festivals and performed in prestigious venues in NY such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Smoke Jazz Club, Small Jazz club and Kupferberg Center for the Arts.

Her original composition and arrangements blend the style of jazz and avant-garde, with a taste of groove and imagination telling her own story and how she views the world through her artistry filled with love and uplifting energy. Write what you wish for -said Wayne Shorter is always a guidance she follows when she creates. Her past release includes a trio project “Pause & Effect” on ESP-Disk, and a 19 mins jazz suite “As a Women…” which she created in 2022 when she was granted the Silver lining New Artist Awards to compose a commissioned piece that tells the story of Women Entrepreneurs. Wen-Ting is endorsed by Canopus Drums.