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Friday, December 18, 2015
Going with a bang (and the Gibsons' party)
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It's been seven months since my last post, far too much, even for what is, in the end, a vanity project. I'm afraid I cannot promis...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The King is dead, long live the blues
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BB King by Naiel Ibarrola BB King has died, and it feels like the end of an era. There are artists who seem to have been "always ...
Monday, May 4, 2015
A couple of books about jazz in Spanish
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Being one of the most spoken languages in the world, both in terms of people and geography, Spanish has a bibliography about jazz that woul...
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Hard bop
repertory — a suggestion
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(For Ira Gitler. ) The central position of hard bop in what is widely considered as the mainstream of jazz is an interesting phenomenon...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Recommended jazz recordings: a list of one
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We are smack dab in the middle of Jazz Appreciation Month — pretty meaningless for some of us, but still a nice try at giving exposure ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
RIP Juan Claudio Cifuentes, 'Cifu' (1941-2015)
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(For once, this entry is not a parallel translation of its Spanish sister) After all the arguments and bickering — which, yes, it's ...
Monday, March 16, 2015
Carmelo Bustos at 90 and the sax in Chile
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In Chilean jazz, there are two ruling instruments. As expected, the guitar is one, not only for its prevalence in 20th century popular musi...
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