Nicolás Vera was born in 1980 in Concepción, Chile. He has been one of the most active jazz musicians of the 2000s generation in the Chilean jazz scene. First as a sidemen, then as a leader and finally as co-founder and co-director of the Discos Pendiente label. Born in the musical city of Concepción, his work in Santiago was decisive in the projection of his own discography that never stopped its frequency of editions in different formats, languages ​​and proposals.

Although he first leaned towards jazz rock and references like John McLaughlin, Vera followed the recommendations of his father, Jorge Vera, who played the timpani in the Symphonic Orchestra of Concepción, to play clean jazz guitar: “a la Wes Montgomery”. While he was a member of the band Decúbito Supino in those young years, Vera began in the city's jazz scene performing with pianists Marlon Romeroand Carla Romero, as well as organist Edgardo Campos. Once installed in the capital city, he was going to take more steps: together with Christian Galvez, he produced "Fiasco Contemporaneo" (2003), not only Vera's debut album but also the first one to be released through Pez, the label that Galvez had recently founded.

In 2004 he joined Los Titulares (as requested by Pancho Molina himself) and Agustín Moya's quartet (for the album Doble Viaje, 2005). That same year, his new jazz power trio (along with Gálvez himself and Félix Lecaros) ranked Circular as one of the best electronic jazz works of the time, including the background work of Belgian DJ Frederik Bernard. In 2006 he put together a quartet with the inclusion of an electric organ and no double bass, now exploring more soul jazz nuances in new compositions with Lautaro Quevedo, which he called Pulso and with whom released the album Litio in 2008.

But Vera's solo route continued towards post-bopconsidering a new group, a quintet with tenorist Claudio Rubio that was recorded on the albums Bellavista (2008) and Statica (2010), exploring a modern language of ensamble music. This last album inaugurated his recordings for the Discos Pendiente label, which he founded with trumpeter Sebastian Jordan that year. Soon, Vera released Happy Blues (2011), where he joined forces with Finnish musicians. In 2012, Vera released a new solo work, titled Pacífico, this time in a sextet format, integrating Jordán and clarinetist Mauricio Barraza, with whom he reached another level as a composer and evidencing his Radioheadaffinity. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.