Results for "Mexico City"

Javier Resendiz

Born: March 29, 1972

Javier took lessons with Juan José Calatayud, Michel Block, Istvan Nadas, Roberto Ru

Tommy Rodriguez

Born: December 29, 1930

"Tommy Rodriguez is one of the pioneer Jazz Musicians in Mexico and he outstands as one of the most important Sax-Players of the 20th century in our country Mexico".....CONACULTA (Mexico`s National Bureau of Culture & Arts"). Texts from the liner notes of researcher Luc Delannoy, author of the book CALIENTE Una Historia de Jazz Latino published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in 2001: At age 70, legendary saxophonist and flutist Tommy Rodr

Amanda Tovalin

Originally from Mexico City, Amanda Tovalin is a singer, violinist and composer. Her music could be considered genreless although it does has profound roots on jazz and latin american folk music.

In 2014, Amanda Tovalin recorded her first album "Amanda Tovalin" (Jazz Collective), generating positive national and international reviews. Her second production "Punto de partida (Starting Point)" turned out No.1 of the 2015's albums by the magazine Sin Embargo MX and generating great reviews in media such as Rolling Stone MX.

She is currently working in "Crónicas (Chronicles)", her third album, to be out in 2019

Brazilian Bassist Marcos Milagres Releases His First Album As A Leader

December 14, 2018

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 ...

Marcos Milagres

Born: October 6, 1970

His career as a performer on bass and Double Bass is complemented by other areas within the recording and music production. Composer and arranger, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has developed through research and experimentation of the instrument, new ways and techniques of execution, which together with the influence of musical styles from Europe, Africa, North & Latin America; concur to enrich his music. In the scene, he has collaborated with great musicians of international stature such as Hermeto Paschoal, Greg Osby, Tom Coster, Paquito D’Rivera, Adam Rapa, Osmany Paredes, Jovino Santos Neto, Misha Piatigorsky, Robertinho di Paula and Henry Cole. He currently lives in Mexico City, where he has participated in a number of cultural events and festivals with important musicians of  Mexican jazz scene such  as Hector Infanzón, Cris Lobo, Chucho Lopez, Enrique Nery, João Henrique, Elizabeth Meza, Alex Mercado, Roberto “Betuco” Arballo, Victor Patron, to name a few. Marcos in now touring and promoting his new album "Feira" in several venues and festivals with his Trio being accompanied by the best musicians in Mexico City's jazz scene.

Erik Deutsch

Born: October 26, 1976

Having first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama, Brooklyn-based pianist Erik Deutsch has toured and recorded with artists like Norah Jones, Charlie Hunter, Citizen Cope, Theo Bleckmann, Rosanne Cash, Ben Allison, Shooter Jennings, Allison Miller, Scott Amendola, Steven Bernstein, Ellery Eskelin, Jim Campilongo, Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, and Art Lande. A prolific composer and bandleader, Erik's five albums have received critical acclaim by RollingStone, Jazz Times, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, including Relix magazine naming Deutsch’s 4th album Outlaw Jazz the #16 best album of 2015

King Crimson To Release Meltdown In Mexico – Live In Mexico City 2017

August 11, 2018

This 3-CD/1-Blu-Ray set features over three and a half hours of material performed during King Crimson's five night residency at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City in July 2017 plus audio extras. The Blu-Ray contains over two hours of multi-camera HD recorded footage, audio soundtrack in 24/48 LPCM, hi-res stereo and 5.1 DTS HD-MA (with 'picture off' mode ...

King Crimson To Tour North America Summer 2017 In Support Of Forthcoming Live Ep "Heroes"

May 11, 2017

Seminal rock band King Crimson begins their 2017 North American tour with the summer leg including a 17-show run spanning June 11 to July 10. The “Radical Action Tour 2017” will begin at Seattle's Moore Theatre on June 11. The tour will run through cities Saratoga, Oakland, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, and Minneapolis. King Crimson ...

Bobby Kapp / Matthew Shipp: Cactus

by Dan McClenaghan
August 24, 2016

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 ...

Mexico City Jazz Tours with Jorge Canavati Announced

July 5, 2016

Jorge Canavati, host of the “Jazz de Mexico” radio show featured on 91.7FM KRTU Trinity University Radio in San Antonio has announced the Mexico City Jazz Tours project. An unprecedented and innovative culture and jazz tour of Mexico City, a top jazz center. The tour is a three day and two-night visit to Mexico City which ...