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In our run up to the Grammys, we've been featuring artists who are nominated. We've had Orin Evans, lakeisha Benjamin, most recently pianist Donald Vega. His album As I Travel is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Latin Jazz Album category. Vega is originally from Nicaragua, but When he was 14 he immigrated to LA in search of a better life. When he was in our studio last week to perform live, he recorded an extra song for us. It's called Disturbios and it was inspired by his childhood in la. He wanted to play it for us as a tribute to those who have been affected by the LA wildfires. Here's Donald Vega.
Donald Vega (1:13)
Yeah, I would like to my hearts and prayers goes to Los Angeles and my mentors and my teachers and everyone and I like to perform a song that I recorded on As I Travel called Disturbios. When I did the song Disturbios, it was written for the fires that happened on the LA riots and now I like to play a song just because I'm thinking of everyone in la and this is called Disturbance SA.
Host (4:26)
That was pianist Donald Vega performing his song Disturbios. His album As I Travel is nominated in this year's Best Latin Jazz category at the Grammy Awards. Coming up on the show tomorrow, Henri Christophe was known as a liberator of Haiti before he switched sides and fought with Napoleon's forces. He later became the country's king before dying by suicide. A new biography tells his story and we'll speak with the author of the first and Last King of Haiti, the Rise and Fall of Henri Christophe. That's tomorrow.
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