You Can See: The Best of Donald Vega on Resonance

by Donald Vega

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1.	Scorpion 07:01	buy track
2.	First Trip 07:08	buy track
3.	Compassion 06:25	buy track
4.	Eleuthra 05:32	buy track
5.	Spiritual Nature 05:51	buy track
6.	Accompong 04:57	buy track
7.	Future Child 06:32	buy track
8.	You Never Tell Me Anything 05:21	buy track
9.	Mango Rengue 05:57	buy track
10.	Falando de Amor 04:06	buy track
11.	Child's Play 03:37	buy track
12.	You Can See 06:27	buy track
13.	River 06:40	buy track
14.	3000 Miles Ago 07:08	buy track
15.	Slippery 06:09	buy track

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You Can See: The Best of Donald Vega on Resonance features 15 tracks from the pianist's two albums recorded for the label, Spiritual Nature and With Respect to Monty (a tribute to the Jamaican piano great Monty Alexander). Featured players on many of the tracks include bass icon Christian McBride, drummer Lewis Nash violin virtuoso Christian Howes. Vega currently performs with his own trio and Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio.

Classically-trained in his native Nicaragua, Vega emigrated to Los Angeles at age 14 and began learning the language of jazz from mentor and drum icon Billy Higgins at The World Stage and later with bassist John Clayton at the University of Southern California. He earned a Masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music and subsequently studied at Juilliard with Kenny Barron.

Donald Vega’s personal heroes include Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Monty Alexander, Ahmad Jamal, Hank Jones, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, and Mulgrew Miller, and he draws upon those influences, while developing his own sound.

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released July 10, 2020

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Donald Vega Masaya, Nicaragua

Classically-trained in his native Nicaragua, Vega emigrated to Los Angeles at age 14 and began learning the language of jazz from mentors Billy Higgins, John Clayton, and Bassist Al McKibbon, a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s band of the late 1940s. Vega studied at the University of Southern California and the Juilliard School in New York. He has released two albums with Resonance Records. ... more