Jazz Articles about Paul de Barros

Paul de Barros: Critically Speaking

by Jason West
March 13, 2007

Admittedly, Paul de Barros could use a good ass-kicking. As the only on-staff jazz critic in a city with four major newspapers and a local scene overflowing with clubs and exceptional musicians, de Barros is in need of some healthy competition. Make that any competition. Criticism is the big missing ingredient in our juicy jazz scene, according to de Barros, who notes, regrettably, “When Roberta Penn was at the (Seattle) P-I, at least I had to worry if she was ...