At the core part of her concert, Melanie Charles elevated her beautiful African American timbre and verbalized the sentence “Fuck jazz school!”…
Clifton Anderson: “What I Learned From Sonny”
Por: Estefanía Romero Instagram: @estefaniaromero_bop Clifton got his first trombone as a gift from his uncle, Sonny Rollins. This would be the beginning of a long path of complete devotion to music. Speaking to Clifton is to listen to Sonny’s advices, is to visualize the good old days of Harlem, […]
“They call me Bobby Kapp because siempre traigo mi gorra”
By: Estefanía Romero Cover photo’s original source: bobbykappjazz.com Laké, an incredible jazz band from Querétaro was a headliner at the Festival Internacional de Jazz Armando Núñez (FIJAN) 2024. The members of this ensemble came to push the jazz boundaries with their different compositions, but they also gave us a hell […]
Ebullía jazz en CDMX durante los 70’s
Celebrando a Roberto Aymes [2da parte] Por: Estefanía Romero Continuamos la fiesta por los 50 años de carrera musical del maestro Roberto Aymes Blanchet, y aprovechamos esta 2da parte de la conversación que tuvimos con él, para abrir antesala a los festejos del Día Internacional del Jazz, que será el […]
Jazz + Norteño = Jazzteño
Por: Grace Carolina Cantú Mora Le dio una torcida al jazz, combinándolo con música norteña. En esta entrevista, el chihuahuense Mario Lara, saxofonista, compositor y creador de Jazzteño Band, nos comparte de dónde nace la idea de juntar estos dos géneros musicales, el momento donde casi se abandona el proyecto, […]
“The ‘pam!’ we use in our music is genuine, it’s honest, it comes from our roots”: Oscar Hernández, Head Of The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
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 […]
FIJAN Takes The Jazz Experience Into New Heights | Arriba, Chihuahua!
By: Estefanía Romero The Festival Internacional de Jazz Armando Núñez (FIJAN), directed by Mario Montes, accomplished everything it promised and way much more. I’m talking about a very uncommon jazz festival in the beautiful Chihuahua, a city in Northern Mexico. Here are my insights… The Musical Jewels Featured By […]
Women in Jazz | Third Part: Mexican Jazz Females
By: Estefanía Romero I invite you to read the other parts of this article: · Women in Jazz | First Part: The Notion of Inferiority · Women in Jazz | Second Part: Women who Sing Jazz (Professionally?), Attraction and Persistence · Women in Jazz | Third Part: Mexican Jazz Females Female Jazz […]
Top Jazz Female Instrumentalists in Mexico
By: Estefanía Romero In the conclusions of my article “Women in Jazz”, an extensive research on women in the history of this genre, it was revealed a ridiculously small percentage (3%) of jazz women instrumentalists females performing nowadays in Mexico. That’s the reason why today, March 8th, the International Day […]
Ravi Coltrane: Lots of Nothing Disguised As Music For Meditation
By: Estefanía Romero In this critique I may say two things: 1. The one you’re expecting (which is what others have written before). 2. The real thing, that would probably guide us into a little introspection on how we process jazz. So, I am going to try the second one, […]