Christian Vuust is a tenor saxophonist and composer from Aarhus, Denmark (b. 1964). He also plays soprano and alto saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Associate professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark where he among other things teaches saxophone and ear training.
Studied at Berklee College of Music in 1990-91, with George Garzone, Herb Pomeroy, Hal Crook, Joe Viola, and Jerry Bergonzi.
Danish Music Award nominee in 2014 – Jazz Composer of the Year.
Vuust’s album “Urban Hymn” was nominated for album of the year 2014 by JazzNyt and Jazz Special (two leading Danish jazz media).
He has performed all over the world. Among others he has cooperated with Pablo Held (D), Kazumi Ikenaga (JPN), Pauseland, Den Danske Salmeduo and Iben Krogsdal, Aaron Parks, Ben Street and Jeff Ballard (US), Audun Kleive (N), Jakob Buchanan, Alex Riel and Jakob Bro.
Has recorded 15 albums as leader or co-leader; and over 60 albums as sideman.
Quotations from the press:
“Vuust’s mature tenor playing is delightful”
Jazz Special (Scandinavia’s leading jazz magazine)
“Christian Vuust has a masterful and soulful tone”
Ingmar Glanzelius, Dagens Nyheter (Swedish national daily newspaper)
“Vuust’s playing exudes an unobtrusive authority which, in concert with his smooth rhythmic sense, he creates an ideal balance between statements and expressions.”
Boris Rabinowitsch, Politiken (Danish national daily newspaper)