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Mexican Jazz is the given name for the jazz music created by Mexicans or in Mexico since the 1920s, although there were isolated cases even in the genesis of the jazz genre itself.
Mexican Big Bands
México is linked to the Big Band format by many reasons, but the main has to do with the settlement of the famous Cuban, Dámaso Pérez Prado who lived in Mexico since 1945 until his dead.
However was the Mexican actor, orchestra director and singer Luis Arcaraz who was also called Mexico's Jazz King by RKO-Pathé, the main leader in this category. In 1955, Down Beat magazine positioned Arcaraz' band as number four around the world.
Mexican Jazz Bars
Mexican Jazz history has been accompanied by many bars, restaurants or nightclubs that before the rise of a new wave of jazz festivals in the country, were the only alternative for jazz players to expose their projects. Some of those places are:
- Bar Nueva Orleans
- El Convite
- Parker & Lenox
- Jazzorca
- Las musas de Papá Sibarita
Mexican Jazz Boom
Due to the impact of globalization, around year 2010 Mexican Jazz began to re-flourish as never before. There are many reasons for this boom but the next are the principle:
Mexican Jazz in the Media
Almost all the 20th century Mexican Jazz was poorly represented in the media with the exception of the radio. But since 2012 it has been gaining ground.
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