Por: Estefanía Romero The piano player, composer, and educator Danilo Pérez, narrates, through this emotional interview, how his work and passion since childhood had led him into a personal musical speech that is also a call for action in the global community. Danilo highlights the important inspirational figures in his […]
Por: Estefanía Romero She started singing during her childhood, but when Sheila became a teenager she discovered bebop and became friends with Charlie Parker. Starting from that she decided to dedicate to jazz forever. Even though, it was until the 60’s when she started her recording career and she’s been […]
By: Estefanía Romero Mick Carlon is bringing the history of jazz to young people. This professor from Centerville, Massachusetts, has writen by now three novels in which idols as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald and many more, can talk to all of us. His work, which is […]
Por: Estefanía RomeroPhoto: R. Román Romero Tapia After Tootie took a few minutes making fun of the impossibility of pronouncing my name in English, we started one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever had the opportunity to guide. Tootie and his brothers, Jimmy y Percy, created a band named The […]
By: Estefanía Romero Photo by: Mónica García This is the wonderful interview I had with the amazing composer, arranger, trombone and shells player: Steve Turre. We spoke about the way he discovered the sound of the shells, his Mexican ancestors, Ray Charles, Dizzy, and all those jazz idols he worked […]
By: Estefanía Romero The band is celebrating its 30th anniversary in México. Their characteristic sound is known as a product deeply influenced by the underground 80’s Tokyo’s musical scene, which was filled with Jazz and Ska. Although the band has changed through time and it has added some other characteristics […]
By: Estefanía Romero Magos Herrera is a Mexican composer and singer, who was recently nominated to the international Grammy. Today she lives in New York but she’s visiting Mexico to present her latest project in some of the greatest auditoriums of our country. I spoke with her about the highlights […]
By: Estefanía Romero Photo: Melisa Rodríguez There’s only one Fantastic Negrito in the world, and this is the wonderful interview I had with the character who is taking the blues to a new level. Enjoy! -When I first heard your music I was totally excited. What came into my mind was […]
By: Estefanía Romero Photo by: Mónica García Francisco Téllez created the seed of jazz in Mexico. His school marked the beginning of an enormous tree of musicians and teachers that today are the cornerstone of my country’s artistic life. His case is a strange one because, among many reasons, instead […]
By: Estefanía Romero Photographer: Mónica García You are an excellent saxophone player, a composer, an arranger, but you also care a lot about education. Tell me about today’s jazz education. We only have one century and part of a century of knowing what jazz means. Education is something that we […]
