This debut performance on record by Letizia Gambi will be remembered for a very, very long time. What is striking is that this marvellous release comes...
Now this is something really special and it marks not simply a second disc for an iconic label, Resonance Records, which under the inspired hand of...
Al McKibbon was one of the finest modern melodic bassists. The fact that he could play with the great Herbie Nichols will testify to that fact....
Best Recordings of 2012 – Selection by Canada Editor Raul da Gama – Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers – Cuneiform Records An epic 4-disc...
It takes probably three or four bars into the first song, “Scorpio,” on pianist Donald Vega’s Resonance album Spiritual Nature for a magical spell to unfold....
Live behind the scenes videos from the Rising Jazz Stars Studios for Donald Vega’s recording Spiritual Nature (Resonance Records – August 2012). “It’s a dream come...
Donald Vega arrived in the U.S. from Nicaragua at the age of 14. He spoke no English (except two words: “Bud Powell”) but quickly won the...
Most fans, even aficionados of contemporary music, still only vaguely know the great trumpeter Claudio Roditi as the “Brazilian who joined Arturo Sandoval in Dizzy Gillespie’s...