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04-19-2011, 08:50 PM
The 2013 International Music Identity and Culture conference will focus on Music and Folklore Dance, announced MIC Conference organizers at the Centro Leon yesterday on occasion of the conclusion of the 6th conference dedicated to jazz.
The conference that brings together Caribbean and Latin American music experts this year focused on Jazz from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective. Dario Tejeda, director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies summarized findings at the end of the event: "Different talks and discussions concluded that jazz is a musical product resulting from the dialogue and interacting of Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean cultures, both marked by the cultural legacy of Europe and Africa in the New World."
The experts pointed to the influence in the region of Maurio Bauza, Francisco (Grillo) Machito, Antonio Machin, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Stan Kenton, among others.
The conference urged the Grammy Awards to restore the Latin Jazz category in the Grammy Awards.
The event took place at the Centro Leon in Santiago. Previous conferences have focused on merengue, salsa, son and bolero since the event began in 2005.
Participants came from Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, the US, Finland, Gambia, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the host Dominican Republic.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#20)
The conference that brings together Caribbean and Latin American music experts this year focused on Jazz from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective. Dario Tejeda, director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies summarized findings at the end of the event: "Different talks and discussions concluded that jazz is a musical product resulting from the dialogue and interacting of Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean cultures, both marked by the cultural legacy of Europe and Africa in the New World."
The experts pointed to the influence in the region of Maurio Bauza, Francisco (Grillo) Machito, Antonio Machin, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Stan Kenton, among others.
The conference urged the Grammy Awards to restore the Latin Jazz category in the Grammy Awards.
The event took place at the Centro Leon in Santiago. Previous conferences have focused on merengue, salsa, son and bolero since the event began in 2005.
Participants came from Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, the US, Finland, Gambia, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the host Dominican Republic.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#20)