Monthly Archives: January 2016

Be There In Spirit For My First Performance of 2016

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Alex Rodríguez

Update: Thanks to everyone for being a part of this experiment! I wrote about the experience for the Ethnomusicology Review Sounding Board, which also includes a live recording of one of the songs we recorded. Click here to check it out! … Continue reading →

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Interview: Rudresh Mahanthappa at Providencia Jazz Festival

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Alex Rodríguez

  Fresh off another round of critical praise for his 2015 album Bird Calls, Rudresh Mahanthappa and his quintet brought their assertive virtuosity to the Providencia Jazz Festival in Santiago, Chile last night. The large outdoor festival was free this year for … Continue reading →

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Interview: Branford Marsalis at San Bernardo Jazz Fest

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Alex Rodríguez

Branford Marsalis is not known to mince words. So when the upstart Chilean jazz magazine Papeles de Jazz invited me to interview him, I know that he wouldn’t hesitate to share his first impressions of Chile in the midst of his first … Continue reading →

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