By Estefanía Romero Béla Fleck is an iconic idol in the history of music, in the history of jazz and in the history of banjo. I won’t tell you much about this wonderful improviser and composer of the world of classic music, bluegrass, jazz and pop… because I’m sure you […]
By Estefanía Romero “Big Chief” is how we call him. He is a composer, a multi-instrumentalist, mainly saxophonist, and an educator, well known for playing in classic jazz projects such as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and with new jazz wonderful musicians as Christian Scott; we know him also because many […]
By Estefanía Romero His intelligence, critical view and deep knowledge are some of the aspects that build the figure of Larry Blumenfeld, as someone that today belongs to the jazz world, from where he extracts different explanations that can only be formulated through the written word. This is how he […]
I had the honor to talk with Michael League, who is known for his work as bassist, producer, composer and Snarky Puppy’s bandleader. From my perspective, he is one of the greatest musicians nowadays and, thanks to his job as an artist, he is leaving a huge mark in the world of jazz today. […]
By Estefanía Romero Versión en español The singer of this new jazz era, who mixes lots of hip hop, R&B and pop, and whose voice is already known all over the planet, came for the first time to Mexico, to sing us in the Lunario del Auditorio Nacional. Thanks to that, […]
Polytropos, the cultural film house, and Nota Dominante, the TV series, are creating a new important piece for Mexico’s jazz structure. Both are the result of the effort of Luis Felipe Ferra and Valeria Estefan, directors and creatives of this non-for-profit organization. Luis Felipe talked to me about the key […]
By: Estefanía Romero The Joe Satriani’s disciple, the guitar player Charlie Hunter, has showed to be a prodigious with his own style, which was developed after many years of study, tours and record sellings. Hunter is visiting the Festival de Jazz de Nuevo León, but first he talks to Mexican […]
This great composer, guitarist and jazz promoter in Mexico, is an example of creativity and discipline, which he shows in his perfect and original performances. Also, he is always surrounded by extraordinary musicians that he chooses to perform with in his band, Psicodrama. Here is the chat I had with […]
By: Estefanía Romero No words, dear readers. Here is the interview I made to the iconic Hiromi Uehara. Versión en español para Milenio Audio Version How do you experience music as a composer and as an improviser? Because I’ve seen with people I’ve met, the different musicians, that they even have […]
I took the liberty of transcribing the speech of Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, who spoke at the celebration of the International Jazz Day in 2016 at the White House, because it seemed very pertinent to me to share her ideas these days of political crisis. Obama is […]
