Results for "Donald Vega"

The Answer

December 14, 2024

Album: The Answer
By Ilya Osachuk
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:47

All Is Merry & Bright: New Holiday Album By Donald Vega

December 9, 2024

Grammy nominated pianist and composer Donald Vega is getting into the holiday spirit early this year with his new album All is Merry and Bright;(Imagery, 2024). Recorded, Mixed & Mastered in DigitaleXtreme Definition (352.8kHz/32bit) in both stereo and immersive sound, with Multi GRAMMY-Winner Engineer &Producer Jim Anderson. The 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and Juilliard Professor shared his ...

Lou Donaldson, Roy Haynes RIP + New Releases

by David Brown
November 23, 2024

This week, we are celebrating two legends of the music who both recently passed. The soulful, bluesy saxophonist Mr. Lou Donaldson left us on November 9th at the age of 98, and one of the most recorded drummers in jazz history, Mr. Roy Haynes who passed on November 12 at the age of 99. Both of ...

Ilya Osachuk: The Answer

by Neil Duggan
November 19, 2024

Canadian bassist Ilya Osachuk is positive proof that the jazz education system in Canada and the US is in fine shape. Born in Winnipeg, Osachuk graduated from the University of Manitoba's Desautels Faculty of Music in 2021 with a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance. He then moved to New York and gained a Master of Music ...

Donald Vega Earns Grammy Nomination For 'As I Travel' - Best Latin Jazz Album

November 12, 2024

Celebrated pianist and composer Donald Vega receives a GRAMMY nomination in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album for his 2023 recording of As I Travel, an autobiographical suite of compositions inspired by his journey to the United States from his native Nicaragua, and the people and experiences that shaped him along the way. “Always and ...

Saxophonist Kirk Edwards Release 'SHOUT' Features Donald Vega

January 10, 2024

For the past eight years Kirk Edwards has studied jazz improvisation with the celebrated pianist Donald Vega. As an organic outgrowth of this association Kirk often shared original compositions with Donald. Mr. Vega would offer suggestions to enhance these songs and Kirk would implement those elements into the pieces. As the original compositions became more refined ...

SHOUT!

By Kirk Edwards

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: My Walk; It's Just Me; Badalona; You're The One; Strictly Business; Full Impact; Doubleheader; Vaya Con Dios!; Always On Time; Hope In A Time Of Despair; Spinning And Winning; Shout!.

As I Travel

By Donald Vega

Label: Imagery Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: i Baila! Dance Like No One's Watching; As I Travel; I Know You Can Fly; Tomorrows; Alegria; Disturbios; Isabel-The Enchanting Nature of You; Dear Mayra; Beautiful Ladies.

Round About Midnight

by Michael Ambrosino
November 15, 2023

Donald Vega: As I Travel

by Pierre Giroux
November 7, 2023

Pianist Donald Vega's latest album As I Travel is a captivating musical memoir in which, through an intricate blend of melodies and harmonies, he weaves a heartfelt narrative which pays homage to the familial and communal influences that have shaped his artistic journey. Accompanying him on this excursion are drummer Lewis Nash, bassist John Patitucci and ...