Category Archives: Jazz

Next week begins the Lugo Jazz Festival. It’s absolutely wonderful in this little town of North Spain to have the chance of listening great jazzmen like Roy Hargrove or Kenny Barron aside some interesting local bands. Roy Hargrove is one … Continue reading →

The history of the music has two parts: history before Kind of blue, and history after Kind of blue. And it was published in August, 17th, 1959. Trane and Miles were 33 years old. Bill Evans, 30. In two impromptu … Continue reading →

3rd Jazz Festival in Pontedeume, next Thursday to Saturday. It’s more  than accident If you still didn’t hear Sumrrá live, you’ll have a chance. But if you  are not around, you can download some recordings from their web page.  Amazing … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago my friend Javi Calvo invited me to go to the little village of Cedeira. to hear “When a man loves a woman” played by the original author -the soul legend Percy Sledge. The event: American Roots Festival … Continue reading →

Via JamSession, Randy Brecker Electric Band in Ourense, next May 26th in “XII Festival de Jazz de Primavera 2008″. I would like to listen both brothers in concert, but it won’t be possible And via Toma Jazz, Wayne Shorter in … Continue reading →

The day before of Dudesconf my friend Javi Calvo and me went to the Jofre Theater in Ferrol. That was the late evening/night of Marlango. Some years ago I saw their first public performance in a TV. In that moment … Continue reading →

I have been hearing jazz all my life. But I begin to listen to jazz the first time I heard John Coltrane’s quartet. My first album was a Verve compilation “John Coltrane For Lovers”, and it meant for me the … Continue reading →

…yes, this is the title of a theme I heard played wonderfully by Kenny Barron and Charlie Haden in Night and the city (1998). It’s my current leit motiv. And, of course, it is true: we are near of the … Continue reading →

A junkie drummer and a soulless pianist. A loner saxophonist that seems Eric Dolphy. Two brothers (bassist and drummer) fighting for the same fatal femme. Three paralell histories in the same point of space (Dolphin’s Club at NY) and time … Continue reading →

Black. Oscar Peterson passed away a week ago. Virtuosity and legend of piano remain. White. Eldar Djangirov, a new l’enfant terrible. My friend Javi Calvo gave me his first album “Eldar” (2005) backed by Michael Brecker. Eldar is an Oscar … Continue reading →

Last Tuesday Sonia and me attended to the concert that played a living legend: one of the free jazz movement rebels, Ornette Coleman. I always compare free jazz with high purity chocolate: it’s bitter at first taste, but you end … Continue reading →

If you need to smash an addiction, maybe it’s a good idea swap it for another one. Six weeks ago, I cut the ethernet wire to concentrate on September tests. And, of course, jazz was there to help me to … Continue reading →

It seems the jazz scene is improving in my humbly, little hometown. Yesterday we reach the II Festival de Jazz de Pontedeume, and, despite of the rain, I hope it won’t be the last. The people of O Abrevadeiro bar … Continue reading →

Some days ago my felipoper friend Carlos Holgado brought to me this jewel: To hear one of the greatest albums of the history of the music in pure vynil is a priceless gift

Last July, 17th was the 40 anniversary of the death of John Coltrane. It has been written millions of words about one of the five great jazzmen in the history (the numer one for me). But they are not enough … Continue reading →

Some days ago I visited Abe Rábade web page and I saw he now has a blog. And I read through it about the new project: “Jazz In Galiza Series”. The basic idea is to release some annual albums that … Continue reading →

I don’t want forget to write some lines about Dee Dee Bridgewater concert in Coruña near a month ago. I read “Bridgewater presents her most daring album”. Maybe it’s true, but it was a wonderful live: she mixed standards with … Continue reading →

Two bad news for jazz enthusiasts: on friday died Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane’s widow and his pianist in the latest years (of course she was performer in the mythical “Olatunji Concert” (April 23,1967); on saturday, the same bad new with … Continue reading →