Results for "Ray Vega"

New Podcast "Jazz Now! Seattle" Debuts Oct. 1st Playing Seattle's Best Current Jazz

September 30, 2010

Seattle jazz musicians have a new outlet for their music, and jazz fans around the world have a way to hear all of the amazing jazz that's coming out of Seattle, WA. “Jazz Now! Seattle" is a new podcast that makes its debut Friday, October 1, 2010. “Jazz Now! Seattle" is hosted by Jason Parker and ...

Ray Vega / Thomas Marriott: East-West Trumpet Summit

by John Barron
May 24, 2010

East-West Trumpet Summit is a rollicking showcase for longtime friends Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott. Vega, a New York native and the elder of the two, has served for many years as a mentor to Seattle's Marriott. The two first met when Marriott was a student at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Vega was ...

The Peanut Vendor

Featuring the music of Ray Vega
Duration: 5:58
June 14, 2009

Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

by Ian Patterson
February 23, 2009

Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

Ray Vega Joins UVM Faculty, Helps Build Burlington's Reputation as 'Jazz Capital of New England'

August 31, 2008

Ray Vega is multi-tasking. He sat for a chat Wednesday in the University of Vermont Recital Hall, in the same building where the newest faculty member in UVM's jazz-studies program is rushing to set up his new office in time for Tuesday's start of the school year. While in the Recital Hall he fielded a few ...

Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet Perform at Louis Armstrong House Museum

June 16, 2008

Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet to Perform July 8 at Free Jazzmobile Concert at Louis Armstrong House Museum Louis Armstrong was famous for practicing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in the decidedly working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Ray Vega ...

Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet to Perform July 8 at Free Jazzmobile Concert at Louis Armstrong House Museum

June 13, 2008

FLUSHING, NY -- Louis Armstrong was famous for practicing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in the decidedly working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Ray Vega and his Latin Jazz Quintet on Tuesday, July 8 for the seventh edition of Jazzmobile ...

Squeeze Squeeze

By Ray Vega

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Black Nile, 2. Smile, You're in Beirut, 3. Contemplation, 4. Ne Quitez Pas, 5. Squeeze, squeeze, 6. Both, 7. Salazar, 8. Sky! 9. Crescent Mood, 10. La Tercera

Ray Vega Quintet at the KC Jazz Club

by Matt Merewitz
May 5, 2004

It's usually a bad thing to review a musician's live show and not own at least one of his records. Especially when his discography as a sideman is easily accessible in most record shops. Unfortunately, I do admit this was the case for myself in going to review Ray Vega's Latin Jazz Quintet at the Kennedy ...

Ray Vega: Squeeze Squeeze

by C. Michael Bailey
February 2, 2004

Ray Vega illustrates what is most attractive about Latin jazz—that is, its inextinguishable spirit and rhythm. And I mean rhythm. From the get-go, Squeeze Squeeze is a Latin love fest, replete with the complex percussion necessary to support the orgy of cross- and counter-rhythms generated by the “head" musicians. Right out of the chute, Mr. Vega ...