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

By Scott Vander Werf

Published June 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT

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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.