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Squeeze Squeeze

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

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Ray Vega: Squeeze Squeeze

Read "Squeeze Squeeze" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

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 ...

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Ray Vega: Squeeze Squeeze

Read "Squeeze Squeeze" reviewed by Norman Weinstein

by Norman Weinstein
January 2, 2004

Trumpeter Ray Vega is a triumphant example of a musician liberated rather than straightjacketed by his Latin jazz expertise. Years of playing in bands as notable as Tito Puente's and Mongo Santamaria's clearly have reaped rewards in terms of his bright, rhythmically punchy, powerhouse delivery. Vega's own description of his current style as “Latin Bop" accurately ...