Vinson_Valega: Jazz music from New York City, New York, United States

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There are only two types of music: Good Music & Bad Music

Influenced by ...

...the entire jazz genre, but specifically the bop & post-bop greats...from Max Roach to "Philly" Joe Jones to Billy Higgins to Elvin Jones to Tony Williams to Jack DeJohnette.

You'll love our music if you like ...

...swinging, classic straight-ahead jazz with an honest yet unique approach to composition.

You'll hate our music if you like ...

...there is no room for hate in a world of beauty...

Favourite Bands / Artists

Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, "Philly" Joe Jones, Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, "Papa" Joe Jones, Big Sid Catlett, Louie Bellson, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Cobham, Cozy Cole, Alan Dawson, Jack DeJohnette, Baby Dodds, Al Foster, Steve Gadd, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gene Krupa, Pete La Roca, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Airto Moreira, Joe Morello, Idris Muhammad, Lewis Nash, Buddy Rich, Ben Riley, Max Roach, Bill Stewart, Brian Blade, Grady Tate, Art Taylor, Ed Thigpen, Chick Webb, Ed Blackwell, Lenny White, Victor Lewis, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Vernel Fournier, Shadow Wilson, Davey Tough, Sam Woodyard, Joe Chambers, Kenny Washington, Louis Hayes, Billy Drummond, Tito Puente, John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, "Cannonball" Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Clifford Brown, Donald Brown, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Garrett, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffen, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, Robert Johnson, Wynton Kelly, Harold Mabern, Branford Marsalis, Jackie McLean, Brad Mehldau, Pat Methany, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, James Williams, Tommy Flanagan, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Parliament Funkadelic, James Brown, Brick, Cameo, Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers, Fatback, Gap Band, Grandmaster Flash, Lakeside, Rick James, Sugar Hill Gang, Tom Browne, Teena Marie, Cachao, Los Van Van, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aaron Copeland, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Scriabin, and many more!

Cities where we have played out

New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Toronto, San Francisco, Baltimore, Zurich, Bern, London

Instruments in the band

Drums, Piano, Bass, Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Piccolo

What makes a great fan?

open-mindedness

First name

Vinson

Last name

Valega

Genre

Jazz

Website

http://www.cslp...

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Vinson_Valega's Biography
Vinson grew up in a musical family near Washington, D.C., studying classical piano from age seven until switching to the drums when he was 12. He played drums for three years in the All-County Jazz Ensemble during high school and subsequently held the drum chair in the University of Pennsylvania Big Band during college. After graduating from UPENN with a B.A. in Economics, Vinson came to New York City in the early 90's to study music at the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, where he studied with Marvin "Smitty" Smith (of The Tonight Show Band), Vernel Fournier, and Norm Freeman (of the New York Philharmonic). Vinson has performed in many clubs in the New York Metropolitan area, including the Blue Note, Smoke, Sweet Rhythm, 55 Bar, Birdland, Smalls, Detour, Cornelia Street Cafe, C..
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Vinson_Valega's Biography

Vinson grew up in a musical family near Washington, D.C., studying classical piano from age seven until switching to the drums when he was 12. He played drums for three years in the All-County Jazz Ensemble during high school and subsequently held the drum chair in the University of Pennsylvania Big Band during college. After graduating from UPENN with a B.A. in Economics, Vinson came to New York City in the early 90's to study music at the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, where he studied with Marvin "Smitty" Smith (of The Tonight Show Band), Vernel Fournier, and Norm Freeman (of the New York Philharmonic).

Vinson has performed in many clubs in the New York Metropolitan area, including the Blue Note, Smoke, Sweet Rhythm, 55 Bar, Birdland, Smalls, Detour, Cornelia Street Cafe, C..

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