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Pianist Gerald Clayton performs on WBGO's The Checkout.Personnel:Gerald Clayton - pianoJoe Sanders - bassJustin Brown - drumsSet List:CasiotonePotholeOne…

Donald Vega was trained classically in piano in his native Nicaragua. He emigrated to the United States at age 14 and found a musical home with the Colburn School of Performing Arts (CSPA). He began his studies there in classical piano with Teresa de Jong Pombo and Dr. Louis Lepley. Vega began learning the language of jazz from mentor Billy Higgins at The World Stage and continued at CSPA with Jeffrey Lavner, then later with bassist John Clayton at the University of Southern California. He went on to graduate from Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School where he studied with piano great Kenny Barron. Vega currently performs internationally as the pianist for world renowned bassist Ron Carter’s Golden Striker Trio with whom he has recorded several albums. Mr. Vega is also a professor at The Juilliard School and sits on the board of BackCountry Jazz, a non-profit organization which provides music education programs and performances to underprivileged youth.

Vega’s debut album, Tomorrows, was released in 2008 to rave reviews. In his sophomore album, Spiritual Nature (Resonance Records, 2012), he was joined by the regal rhythm tandem of bassist Christian McBride and drummer Lewis Nash. Vega teamed up again with Lewis Nash on his third album, With Respect to Monty, (Resonance Records, 2015) along with Hassan Shakur, the great bassist and former Monty Alexander band member, and long time friend and grammy nominated artist, Anthony Wilson on guitar.

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9-time Grammy Award-winning bassist and bandleader Christian McBride chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about the new album "Without Further Ado, Vol.1"

On the March 5 edition of the WBGO Journal, we pay tribute to Newark's own Wayne Shorter, we get a preview of the Philip Roth Unbound Festival at NJPAC and a feature on Yiddish song in NYC this month

On this December 31 edition of the WBGO Journal, host Doug Doyle chats with Dave Wooley, director of the new doc "Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over", Jon Kalish reports on a new memoir highlighting the ties of a Bronx family to Jewish mobsters and film critic Harlan Jacobson gives us his best of 2022

On this episode of AOS, NYC Winter JazzFest founder Brice Rosenbloom talks to WBGO's Doug Doyle about this year's event

On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Doug Doyle pays tribute to the legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson. The NEA Jazz Master died on Saturday, September 21 at the age of 95

On this episode of The Art of the Story, jazz pianist and educator Howie Alexander chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle at the 2024 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival