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Donald Vega
Donald Vega was trained classically in piano in his native Nicaragua. He emigrated to the United States at age 14 and found a musical home with the Colburn School of Performing Arts (CSPA). He began his studies there in classical piano with Teresa de Jong Pombo and Dr. Louis Lepley. Vega began learning the language of jazz from mentor Billy Higgins at The World Stage and continued at CSPA with Jeffrey Lavner, then later with bassist John Clayton at the University of Southern California. He went on to graduate from Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School where he studied with piano great Kenny Barron. Vega currently performs internationally as the pianist for world renowned bassist Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio with whom he has recorded several albums. Mr. Vega is also a professor at The Juilliard School and Hofstra University and sits on the board of BackCountry Jazz, a non-profit organization which provides music education programs and performances to underprivileged youth.
Bop Contest
Album: Bop Contest
By Mark Sherman
Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:07
Gather 'Round
By Donald Vega
Label: Tiger Turn / Imagery Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Gather 'Round
Two Words: Bud Powell
By Donald Vega
Label: Imagery Records / Tiger Turn
Released: 2025
Track listing: Two Words: Bud Powell
Let's Pray
By Donald Vega
Label: Imagery Records / Tiger Turn
Released: 2025
Track listing: Let's Pray
Bop Contest
By Mark Sherman
Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: 111-44; Love Always Always Love; Bremond’s Blues; My One and Only Love; Bop Contest;
Martha’s Prize; Skylark.
Mark Sherman: Bop Contest
by Pierre Giroux
Vibraphonist and composer Mark Sherman has long been recognized as one of the music's most articulate advocates for straight-ahead values, grounding his virtuosity in the clarity and craftsmanship that define the bop lineage. Bop Contest, his 2025 release, continues that tradition with poise and conviction. Surrounded by a top-tier rhythm section comprising pianist Donald ...
Let's Pray
Album: Let's Pray
By Donald Vega
Label: Imagery Records / Tiger Turn
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:25
Ron Carter New Jazz Trio And Foursight Quartet At Birdland
by Paul Reynolds
Ron Carter New Jazz Trio and Foursight Quartet Birdland New York, NYOctober 16 and 23, 2025 Ron Carter turned 88 in May, 2025. That fact is hard to reconcile with the continuing vitality and frequency of his performances, including those with two small groups at Birdland Jazz Club this month--as ...
Mark Sherman: Bop Contest
by Jack Bowers
Following four well-received albums on which he played piano, the versatile Mark Sherman has placed the keyboard in the capable hands of Donald Vega and returned to his main instrument, the vibraphone, for the eloquent and delightful Bop Contest, Sherman's twenty-second recording in a prestigious career that has spanned nearly half a century. ...
