A Centennial Celebration of Miles Davis
Fri, May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PMThe Phoenix Gallery & Music Hall5 Stowe Street, Waterbury, VT 05676Tickets Sliding $15-30, free under 21Details:
Join us for an extraordinary evening of jazz as the Ray Vega QuARTet pays tribute to the monumental legacy of Miles Davis on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
More than just a retrospective, this concert is a high-octane exploration of the "Prince of Darkness’s" transformative eras—from the cool jazz whispers of the 1950s to the searing fusion frontiers of the 1970s. Renowned trumpeter and veteran educator Ray Vega leads his quartet through a reimagined journey of Davis’s most iconic compositions, infusing them with the rhythmic sophistication and "QuARTet" flair for which his ensemble is celebrated.
Ray Vega, a giant in both the Latin Jazz and Hard Bop scenes, brings his signature warmth and virtuosic command to the stage. Along with his QuARTet, Vega treats the Miles Davis songbook not as a static museum piece, but as a living, breathing blueprint for improvisation.
"Miles Davis didn't just play music; he changed the way we hear the world. Our goal is to capture that restless, beautiful spirit and bring it into the present moment." — Ray Vega