Centerville High School Jazz Ensembles
Concert featuring Ray Vega

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Latin Trumpeter Ray Vega to perform with Centerville High School Jazz Ensembles

Centerville High School Jazz Ensembles concert featuring Ray Vega, Wednesday, February 18th at 7:30 P.M. Centerville High School Theater. Tickets are $5.00 for students $10 for adults, available at the door or in the Centerville Band Office beginning January 21st. For more information call 439-3568.  Mr. Vega's appearance is sponsored by City Folk.

Ray was born and raised in The South Bronx. The bands that he performed and/or recorded with  include: Tito Puente, Ray Baretto, Mongo Santamaria, Mario Bauza, Ray Baretto, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Louie Ramirez, Hector Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Nieves, Adalberto Santiago, Celia Cruz just to name a few.  Ray recorded six CD's with Tito Puente, including the Grammy winning "Mambo Birdland."

Presently, Vega is a Concord Jazz recording artist with 2 CD's out, "Ray Vega" and "Boperation." "Boperation" is a Latin Jazz celebration of some of Ray's favorite Jazz trumpet players. He still performs and records as Lead Trumpeter with Tito Puente's Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Bronx Horns, and participates in many exciting projects (Conrad Herwig's Grammy nominated "The Latin Side of Coltrane" and Joe Henderson Grammy winning "The Joe Henderson Big Band"). Ray Vega was the winner of the B.R.I.O. award for music composition in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995.

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