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Category Archives: Jazz Journalism
Interview: Branford Marsalis at San Bernardo Jazz Fest
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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Listening Back To My Last Year In LA
Yesterday, I returned to Peñaflor after a brief return trip to Southern California, in which I spent a week with Marina selling our car and finalizing various other aspects of our life together in Los Angeles. I’m happy to report that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Journalism, Links
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Tigran Hamasyan Review @ LA Weekly
Tigran Hamasyan — The Alex Theatre — 4-22-14 By Alex W. Rodriguez for LA Weekly West Coast Sound This was my first concert review in a long time — and I had a lot of fun checking this out and putting the … Continue reading
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I Know What I’ve Done Since Last Summer
The last time I posted here, over six months ago, I wrote: Next up: I’m flying to Chile on Thursday to start a month of fieldwork in South America. Wish me luck on the next step of this adventure—and let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Journalism, Links, Trombonists
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My Dad, The Poet Who Didn’t Even Know It
For a long time, I used to get really jealous of my jazz musician peers who grew up in musical households. So many of today’s great young players—Gerald Clayton, Anthony Wilson, Zack and Adam O’Farrill, the list goes on—come from … Continue reading
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Tigran Hamasyan @ Blue Whale: An Improvised Concert Review
On Wednesday night, I finally made it back to my favorite LA jazz club, blue whale. Pianist Tigran Hamasyan was playing a solo show, and I knew that it was going to be something that I’d regret missing. So I … Continue reading
Posted in Ethnomusicology, Jazz Journalism, Music Review
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A Brief History of Jazz Education @ NPR Music
A Brief History of Jazz Education: Part 1 and Part 2 By Alex W. Rodriguez for A Blog Supreme/NPR Jazz The second half of my latest contribution to A Blog Supreme is now online — part one was posted in … Continue reading
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My Linguocentric Predicament
With another year of graduate coursework well underway now, I figure it’s time to take a minute to reflect here at the blog on the various writing, musicking, and writing-about-musicking activities swirling through my calendar these days. The title of … Continue reading
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Jessica Jones/Hitomi Oba Review @ LA Weekly
Jessica Jones, Hitomi Oba — Blue Whale — 7/24/12 By Alex W. Rodriguez for LA Weekly West Coast Sound This was is my first piece for LA Weekly — and what a great set to review! Jones and Oba, her … Continue reading
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New Jazz Presenters Feature @ NPR Music
Six Creative Presenters Finding New Audiences for Jazz By Alex W. Rodriguez for A Blog Supreme/NPR Jazz I wrote this about a month ago for NPR Music, and in the midst of end-of-the-year shenanigans forgot to link to it here at … Continue reading
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