July 2, Friday
~ Al Vega Trio ~Antonia's on the Beach, REVERE
292 Revere Beach
Friday 8pm - 12am
Call club at 781-284-1272
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Wednesday, July 21,
Al Vega's 89th Birthday Party
~ at Sculler's Jazz Club~Boston’s own piano man returns to celebrate another milestone, turning 90! Hosted by Ron Della Chiesa and featuring Dave Zox, Rick Klane, Johnny Souza, Ted Casher,Davi Ehle, Grace Kelly,
Rebecca Parris,Steve Marvin, Shawnn Monteiro,
D.D Marten, Ellen O'Brien, Amanda Carr, Cassandre McKinley, Janine Grahm, Brenda Keen, Adam Herbert, Ray Murphy, Valerie Giglio & Lydia Harrel.
Show: $25
Dinner & Show: $63
Show: 8pmSculler's Jazz Club
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Every Tues-Wed
~ Solo on the Oak Room's Baby Grand ~Oak Room, FairMont Copley Plaza, BOSTON
Tues 8pm - 12am
Call club at 617-267-5300
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Johnny Souza, on Trumpet & Vocals --
~ Thursday, May 6 2010 ~St. James Room, FairMont Copley Plaza, BOSTON
The Trio performs 8pm - 12am
Call 617-267-5300
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Now Accepting New Students for ~
Piano, Vocals, and Theory
Call Al Vega at 617-387-5640
....................Click here to View Lessons Videos.................
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~New Years Eve 2010 ~
The Liberty Hotel Presents:
On Top Of the Liberty New Years Extravaganza: with the Al Vega TrioThe Al Vega Trio with Adam Herbert will be ushering in 2010 in Sinatra style at the Liberty Hotel! Revelers will be treated to a “multi-level extravaganza” with “live bands, DJs, Vegas entertainment, dancing, specialty cocktails, culinary delights and a hosted countdown.” Doors open at 7PM.
The band is scheduled to perform from 8PM-12AM.
For further information, please contact the Liberty Hotel directly or follow the link for the PDF below. http://www.libertyhotel.com/pdf/NY2010.pdf
Tickets are $75 pp (21+) and must be purchased online through ShowClix. Overnight packages are available.
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The Stork Club ~
604 Columbus Avenue, off Mass Avenue, Boston (around the corner from Wally's)
The Trio performs on December 15, Tues 8pm - 12am
Call club at 617-391-0256
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Al Vega in the Movie "The ZooKeeper"
Four Seasons Hotel ~ Jazz Trio Scene~Comedy Romance about zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams.
Full Cast... Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Jon Favreau,
Cher, Sylvester Stallone, Rosario Dawson + AL VEGATheatrical Release: Friday, October 8, 2010
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NEW CD ~ "88 Over 88"
only available at Lucky's on Sunday nights
( great for gifts ){ cover art by joanne fantini }
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* Sinatra Sundays at Lucky's Lounge
Featured Singer :) Adam Herbert
on Congress Street, Boston ~ 8:30 pm - 12:30 am
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"Al Vega: Person of the Year"
The Everett Advocate names Al Vega - Person of the Year
Read this story from the local newspaper...
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AL VEGA TRIO
The history of the New England jazz scene is neatly summarized in the person of AL VEGA. Al has been gigging in the Boston area since 1938 and he's still one of the area's foremost jazz artists. The Boston Media refers to Al as "Boston's Living Legend of Jazz". He's worked opposite virtually every name in American jazz - to mention a few: Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Billy Holiday! He's shared with them Boston's legendary jazz rooms: The HiHat, Storyville, The Ken Club, The Jazz Workshop. Enjoy :)
The Al Vega Trio appears regularly at Lucky's, the Beehive, and many other clubs in the Boston area. Check the Schedule...
DAVE ZOX, bass
Currently, Dave Zox plays with some wonderful musicians in the New England area such as the legitimately legendary pianist and composer Joanne Brackeen (in her class at Berklee College of Music) Harvey Diamond, Garrison Fewell, Scott Goulding, Janine Graham, John Harrison, Charlie Jennison, Tony Lada, Joel Press, Gene Roma, Ray Santisi, Ben Schwendener, Johnny Souza, and the ‘unstoppable force-of-nature’ himself
Al Vega (eighty-six years young!!).
Dave has taught since 1989, first at Longy School of Music, subsequently at Walnut Hill School, currently at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and privately in his own studio. This work includes private lessons on double bass and electric bass guitar, jazz improvisation and theory, and orchestral technique. He has organized and coached jazz ensembles, and taught a jazz theory class at Longy. To Dave’s credit he has developed a class, ’Practice, Practice-Techniques for Maximizing Musical Development’ which ran successfully at Longy.
RICK KLANE, drums
Rick Klane began his professional music career in Florida as a rock, jazz and show drummer, playing in clubs, on cruise ships and on the road with such notable bands as The Angels. Returning to his hometown of Boston, MA to attend Berklee College of Music, Rick also studied with legendary drummers Alan Dawson, Bob Gulloti and Gary Chaffee.
Since then, he has accumulated a diverse list of musical credits. He performed in the musical review "The All Night Strut" and behind such entertainers as Red Buttons, Frank Gorshin and Jerry Vale, as well as with The Boston Pops. He has recorded 10 CDs as a member of various jazz, fusion, folk, ethnic and rock music bands. He regularly plays with several jazz orchestras in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, sharing the stage with such artists as Arturo Sandaval, Ed Calle, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, Slide Hampton, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer and Bill Watrous.
