Articles by Daniel Casares

Late Night Thoughts on Jazz

Revolutionary Aesthetics: Exploring Warne Marsh's Overthrow of Sweet Georgia Brown

by Daniel Casares
September 26, 2026

Saxophonist Warne Marsh was a revolutionary and somewhat obscure figure in the development of jazz in the 20th century. He was, along with Lee Konitz, one of the most influential saxophonists to emerge from pianist Lennie Tristano's “school" of jazz improvisation, although Marsh never achieved the commercial success and recognition that Konitz amassed over the years. “Tristanoites" developed, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, a distinct approach to jazz performance and composition based on thoroughly memorizing solos by artists ...

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Daniel Casares: From a Cabin in the Woods

by Daniel Casares
June 13, 2025

The Autonomous Region of Galicia, Spain has been slowly nurturing a strong jazz scene in recent decades. The extremely accomplished Abe Rábade (piano) and Paco Charlín (bass) crossed the Atlantic Ocean over two decades ago to study at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music in Boston. Upon their return to Galicia they established the “Seminario Permanente de Jazz" in the city of Pontevedra, a seminal institution in the popularization of jazz in the region. Through their network of relationships with ...