brownie Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 AP dispatch via The Washington Post There are few appearances on records by Al Vega. These include his participation in the Serge Chaloff Uptown CD plus two sessions for NewJazz/Prestige which were not properly reissued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolgerFreimutSchrick Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thanks for the information about the Serge Chaloff-Session. I just added it to my obit http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Vega RIP Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) There are few appearances on records by Al Vega. Not sure where you got this information, but the obituary you linked to says he appeared on hundreds of recordings in a career that spanned 70 years. Edited December 3, 2011 by sonnymax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Sad news. R.I.P. Al. Thanks for the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 sorry that he had to endure Grace Kelly at his 90s b-day party... r.i.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 There are few appearances on records by Al Vega. Not sure where you got this information, but the obituary you linked to says he appeared on hundreds of recordings in a career that spanned 70 years. Are these commercially released recordings? The Lord online discography list only five sessions for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolgerFreimutSchrick Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 There are few appearances on records by Al Vega. Not sure where you got this information, but the obituary you linked to says he appeared on hundreds of recordings in a career that spanned 70 years. Are these commercially released recordings? The Lord online discography list only five sessions for him. He's not listed in the Cook/Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz (editions 1933, 2001 and 2006). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 sorry that he had to endure Grace Kelly at his 90s b-day party... r.i.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 He's not listed in the Cook/Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz (editions 1933... Wow ... Predating Delaunay's Hot Discography and even Panassié?? Where can I get a copy? @sonnymax: Could it be that the "hundreds of recordings" he appeared on were NON-jazz studio items? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Yeah, that was my thought, too... mood music, exotica, instrumental accompaniment to singers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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