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Bird's Up keeps the hard bop modern jazz tradition hot

jazzweek.com

Miami based saxophonist Carlos Vega has a new recording out with a group of seasoned Chicago musicians on the album "Bird's Up".  They mine the modern jazz tradition of Art Blakey and Horace Silver with contemporary trappings.

WGVU has this preview.