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Each song, Its own world
On a cold late winter afternoon, sitting at a table in an enclosed patio in his Buenos Aires home,
Argentine pianist, composer and bandleader Guillermo Klein takes another drag of his cigarette as he
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Essays/ Editor's letter
May 2005
Hear the World
From its origins in the mud of a complex, troubled, cultural mix to its essential tension between the needs of the music, the individual, and the group as a whole, jazz is a fundamental expression of the Great American Experiment. |
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Mambo's Humble Architect
Some people are born to play an instrument. But in the case of maestro Israel
“Cachao” López, who died on March 22, 2008, at age 89, rarely have a man and his work been so much of one piece.
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Culprits everywhere but in the mirror
Countries can rebuild on the ruins of anger, but can't survive hopelessness. I grew up listening to patriotic marches announcing military coups. I went through the "Dirty War." I had friends killed and "disappeared." ...
Still, never before had I seen this kind of despair.
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December 2005
Editor’s Letter
We all live in New Orleans
As we here at JAZZIZ were wrapping up this issue, New Orleans was, literally and figuratively, drowning. The aftermath of hurricane Katrina had devolved into a nightmare of death, loss and violence. |
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The great (Latin) American Songbook
A younger generation of performers, composers, and arrangers continue to expand and redefine Latin jazz by exploring the homegrown music of their native cultures using the tools of jazz. As they do, they also showcase what can be called the Great Latin American songbook. What's in it for jazz?
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One-Note 'Jazz' Goes Flat Without A Latin Beat
Popular music offers a window into the society that creates it. But in "Jazz," the 10-part, 19-hour documentary that winds up its PBS run next
week, the filmmaker Ken Burns peered at life in the United States through a narrow window.
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May 2006
Editor’s Letter
Change, as always
The vitality of any cultural expression, such as jazz, is often marked by its capacity to engage and absorb changes — be they social, economic, or technological — and, in so doing, renew itself. |
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ElectroLatin Part II
The success of loungey singer Bebel Gilberto not only served to call attention to the smart work of the late Sao Paulo-based producer Suba but also to highlight the obvious possibilities of bossa nova and electronics. |
