Ray Vega
Raymond "Ray" Vega (born April 3, 1961 in New York City ) is an American jazz trumpeter (also flugelhorn , Güira , percussion ).
Live and act
Vega, who grew up in the South Bronx, saw a concert by Machito and his orchestra in New York's Central Park when he was twelve , which prompted him to play the saxophone. Since this instrument was not available in the music program, he had to switch to the trumpet. Shortly afterwards he had lessons with Jerry Gonzales . Vega then played from 1986 in the orchestras of Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Mongo Santamaría , Tito Puente , Ray Barretto , Chris Washburne and The Syotos Band and in The Bronx Horns (with Bobby Porcelli ); He has also worked on recordings for Phillip Johnston ( Music for Films ), Dave Valentin , Conrad Herwig , Joe Henderson ( Big Band , 1996), Pete Escovedo , Nicholas Payton , Harvie Swartz , Poncho Sanchez , Karolina Strassmayer , Dave Samuels , Steve Turre and Audrey Bernstein with.
In 1996 Vega recorded a self-titled debut album, followed by Boperation ( Concord Picante (1999)), u. a. with Joe Locke as a guest musician. Pa'lante followed in 2001 , with Bobby Porcelli, Igor Atalita (piano), Boris Kozlov (bass), Willie Martinez (drums) and Wilson "Chembo" Corniel (percussion). In the field of jazz he was involved in 67 recording sessions between 1986 and 2015. Vega teaches at the University of Vermont and is a member of the Bronx Council of the Arts .
Discographic notes
- Squeeze Squeeze (Palmetto), with Bobby Porcelli, Igor Atalita, Gregg August , Adam Weber, Wilson “Chembo” Corniel
- Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott : East-West Trumpet Summit ( Origin Records , 2009), with Travis Shook , Jeff Johnson, Matt Jorgensen
- Chapter Two (Truth Revolution, 2013), with George Colligan , Phil Sparks , Matt Jorgensen
- Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott: Return of the East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin, 2014), with George Colligan, Matt Jorgensen
Web links
- Web presence
- Ray Vega at Allmusic (English)
- Ray Vega at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ 3 April birthdays, Scott Lafaro among them. Rifftides, April 3, 2018, accessed March 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 4, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vega, Ray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vega, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |