Articles by Gerardo Stawsky

Punt a del Este Jazz Festival, January 15-19, 2011

by Gerardo Stawsky
February 5, 2011

15th International Festival of Punta del EsteJanuary 5-9, 2011Punta del Este, Uruguay Over the last 15 years, dozens of today's top jazz musicians--the McCoy Tyner's and Joe Lovano's--have continued to return to the Punta del Este Jazz Festival, in Uruguay. The Festival is celebrated on a dairy farm in an idyllic countryside, set in a hilly valley, where it's a struggle to hear the subtleties of a bass solo over the sound of crickets ...