By: Estefanía Romero Photo: Salvador Bonilla I love how this interview turned out, because these artists don’t only allow us to know more about their sensibilities, but they are also constantly inviting us to feel fascinated and devoted to life as much as them. Thana Alexa is a vocalist, composer, arranger […]
By: Estefanía Romero Cover Photo: Salvador Bonilla Oscar Hernandez is one of the most transcendental names in Latin music in the entire world, thanks to his hard work, honest sound and quintessential? music. He’s the founder, conductor, and pianist of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, but he is also very active […]
By: Estefanía Romero I witnessed how The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis played at the historical Mexican building Alhóndiga de Granaditas in Guanajuato city, and a couple of days later at the Auditorio Nacional, in Mexico City. Two concerts with the same repertoire, but extremely different performances. […]
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 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 RomeroPhoto: Mónica García Jennings and Evans: The Key Points Jerome Jennings Quartet is one of the best projects I’ve heard in Mexico, especially considering that bebop is a very difficult genre to handle. Let me tell you why. In bebop, the tempo changes are very common, but Jennings […]
By: Estefanía Romero Could you imagine a Mexican band taking our dear genre even further? Let me tell you about this project. I must start by saying that I’ve always felt deeply bored by the Literature that makes you read a hundred pages to find an exciting moment when something […]
By: Estefanía Romero Photo: Mónica García The job of a critic is not to be “right” – that would make them into jumped-up authority figures, high-court judges of art. What pompous nonsense. The memorable critics – including the greatest of all, John Ruskin – were often wrong, even absurd, but they made […]
