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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Interview for YEP

Apr10

IMG_0005Journalist Margo Ormotsadze first interviewed me for Forbes last summer with provocative questions about the state of jazz. She recently followed up by asking a new set of questions via email. Here is her published interview in Russian which appeared in YEP.TODAY. The original interview in English is below.

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A Celebration of Machito with Mario Grillo

Apr3

On June 1, 2015, Machito’s son, Mario Grillo, donated Machito’s handwritten scores and arrangements to the Library of Congress. For this celebration, we discussed Grillo’s family, his work as a studio percussionist and orchestra leader, his Aunt Graciela and his father’s contributions to American music.

 

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