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. […]
“Last Great Jazz Singer Alive” also Created Bass and Voice: Sheila Jordan in Interview
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 […]
Keeping Ancestors Alive through Music: Steve Turre
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 […]
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is Celebrating 30 Years of Music! |#Interview
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 […]
Magos Herrera: Poetry in Music and Spanish Language as a Peaceful Weapon
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 […]
Bebop’s Groundbreaking: Jerome Jennings Quartet
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 […]
After Centuries of Music Evolution… Why Would I Listen to You?
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 […]
Ode to the Artistic Truth: Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
By: Estefanía Romero Photo: Salvador Bonilla Knowledge shows the artist’s possibility to move forward, even when he’s looking to the past all the time. Last night, the Teatro Metropólitan didn’t just gave us an extraordinary concert, but also gave us a lesson about the meaning of being a real musician […]