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News: Music Industry

Jose Castro, Leading Mexican Music Producer And Composer, Now A Leading Force In The Music And Video Game Industries

Jose Castro, Leading Mexican Music Producer And Composer, Now A Leading Force In The Music And Video Game Industries

In a world where music and gaming converge, one artist has emerged as the top of the field. Jose Castro, the multi-faceted music producer, engineer, and composer from Mexico has cemented his position in the music and video game industries in Mexico and the United States. The most famous Mexican musician to make his mark on ...

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News: Music Industry

Mexican Composer And Producer Jose Castro Is Set To Make Waves In The United States

Mexican Composer And Producer Jose Castro Is Set To Make Waves In The United States

In an exciting development that will undoubtedly reverberate through the music and video game industries, Mexican composer and music producer Jose Castro is poised to make a resounding impact on the music and video game industries in the United States, having accepted leading positions at some of the industry’s most-recognized production companies, including Silver Gun Records, ...

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Benjamin Garcia

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Benjamín García is a bass player from Mexico City with an extensive career in Mexico’s music scene.

He has performed and recorded with countless local and international artists such as Silvana Estrada, Magos Herrera, Michael Mayo, Jonathan Barber, Mike Moreno, Vinicius Gomes, Neal Smith, Alex Kautz, Fabio Gouvea, Gustavo Nandayapa, Diego Franco, Luis Nacht, Albert Vila, Erik Deutch to name a few.

Benjamín started his musical training at the age of 6 playing the piano, at age 14 he began playing bass guitar, and then at 18 the double bass. He received a major degree in jazz performing with specialty on Double Bass from “La Escuela Superior de Música.” Benjamín also took private lessons from Orlando LeFleming, Matt Brewer and Agustin Bernal.

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Julia Vari

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Dulce Resillas

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Mexican pianist graduated from the Higher School of Music (INBA) who has performed in various National and International Jazz Festivals (Philippines, Bolivia). She in international independent performances as well as classical music festivals (Montrèal, France and Italy). She has collaborated with the Panamerican Big Band Jazz, with the JazzFest AC Foundation Ensemble and various independent projects. She has 2 jazz record productions titled "Hilando Lunas" (2010) and "Leitmotiv" (2015) by Resijazz where she composed pieces made for Big Band, quintet, sextet and trio. She is the creator of Jazz en Movimiento in Querétaro (JEM) where she currently resides, that she is dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of this genre. She is currently developing her career as a composer, pianist and arranger.

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Jesus Fuentes

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Jesús Fuentes was born in Cd. Juarez, Mexico. He is an active pianist, arranger and educator. Jesús is currently a DMA candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. holds a MM in Jazz Piano Performance from Texas Tech University and a BM in Commercial Music from the University of Texas at El Paso.

While Jesús is mainly a Jazz pianist, he has studied and regularly performs a variety of genres including Classical, Latin, and most commercial music styles. As a Jazz pianist he has played with world renowned artists such as Tom Harrell, Allen Vizzutti, Jaleel Shaw, Jiggs Wigham, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra

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Tom Kessler

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Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tom began playing at an early age. His music lies in the intersection of conceptual composition and soulful improvisation. His work overlaps many genres such as jazz, free improvisation and the blues. Since 2008 he has been active in the jazz and improvisational music scene of Mexico, USA and Central America, working with musicans such as Gustavo Nandayapa, Brian Allen, Hans Glawischnig, Blair Latham, Gabriel Puentes, Tyler Mitchell, Pablo Aguirre, Elliott Levin, Adonis Rose and many others. From 2012 to 2018 he was a faculty member at the Jazz and popular music program at UNICACH in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas

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Article: Live Review

The Los Cabos Jazz Experience 2018

Read "The Los Cabos Jazz Experience 2018" reviewed by Wendy Ross


Life Luxe Jazz -The Los Cabos Jazz Experience Norman Brown, Boney James, et al. Los Cabos, Baja California, Sur, Mexico November 1-4, 2018 Life Luxe Jazz -The Los Cabos, Jazz Experience took place at the Pueblo Bonita Pacifica Golf and Spa Resort November 1-4. The first annual Life Luxe Jazz ...

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News: Recording

Brazilian Bassist Marcos Milagres Releases His First Album As A Leader

Brazilian Bassist Marcos Milagres Releases His First Album As A Leader

The album is entitled Feira (Portuguese for Street Market). As the name suggests, the music portrays a mix of scents and colors from great Brazilian masters like Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Antonio Carlos Jobim and its interaction with jazz improvisation and the rhythms and sounds of the American continents. His electric bass performance is pushed to ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Kapp / Matthew Shipp: Cactus

Read "Cactus" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Drummer Bobby Kapp, free jazz spirit in New York in the mid-sixties, relocated to Mexico City, to the Artists' colony San Miguel de Allede. But he gets around, and on a return to New York he joined pianist Matthew Shipp to record a terrific set of duo improvisations called Cactus. Shipp, the better-known half ...


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