Celebrated Jazz Pianist and Composer Donald Vega returns to NativeDSD with All Is Merry And Bright. The album is getting our listeners into the holiday spirit early this year. It follows last year’s NativeDSD Album of the Year Nominee As I Travel, also available at NativeDSD.
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Stereo and Immersive Surround Sound DXD by multi Grammy Award winner Jim Anderson. The album is being released at NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD from the 32 Bit DXD Edit Master Source this year. With the Immersive Surround Sound edition of the album arriving in 2025.
The 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and Juilliard Professor Donald Vega shared his inspiration behind the album. Echoing the traditions of holiday albums by Oscar Peterson and Nat King Cole, and taking inspiration from Vince Guaraldi’s holiday classic, Vega set out to make an album that families will enjoy for years to come.
Donald Vega Trio
Donald Vega, Piano
Clovis Nicolas, Bass
Pete Van Nostrand, Drums
Tracklist
Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.Total time: 00:46:24
Additional information
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| SKU | AANYIR22024 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit |
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| Composers | anonymus, Gauntlett, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Mohr, Redner, Scottish folk melody, Sullivan, Traditional English Carol, Traditional English folk song, Traditional Welsh air, Watts |
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| Release Date | October 4, 2024 |
Press reviews
DownBeat
Here’s a jazz piano trio album that is well neigh perfect for listening to on quiet Christmastime evenings when admiring the decorated tree. Pianist Donald Vega, a Juilliard professor best known for working with Ron Carter and the late Russell Malone, sets his sights on drawing out the lyricism in popular hymns and carols. Vega’s great sense of quietly merry relaxation imparts swing to his delicate touch on the keys. Though usually favoring a gentle pace, he quickens things with a cha-cha version of “O Come, Emmanuel.” Appropriate low-key support is provided him by string bassist Clovis Nicholas and drummer Pete Van Nostrand.
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