Denisse Villasenor, Spanish Author Published her first poem

Denisse Villaseñor Autor de habla hispana publica uno de sus poemas. (Spanish-speaking author publishes one of his poems.) Ha sido bien recibida por la comunidad latina en Arizona. (It has been well received by the Latino community in Arizona.) De lo más profundo                Resurges. Como ebullición de agua…

JAZZ DAY AZ FOUNDATION CROSSING THE BORDER USING JAZZ

Who We Are: International Jazz Day AZ  Foundation (Crossing Borders) is an Arizona base Nonprofit Foundation dedicated to Uniting the State of Arizona around UNESCO /Herbie Hancock International Jazz Day Celebration. We are dedicated to the education of students of all ages and cultures. Through performance and interaction, we introduce our audience to musical genres…

Arizona International  Jazz Day Festival Executive Director Doc Jones announced that Richard Booker work will be featured as the 7th Annual Jazz Festival’s official commemorative poster

Arizona International Jazz Day Festival Executive Director Doc Jones announced that Richard Booker work will be featured as the 7th Annual Jazz Festival’s official commemorative poster

<strong>International Jazz Day AZ Foundation Executive Host Committee has chosen Richard Booker to be the official artist for the 7th Annual International Jazz Day Festival in Arizona.</strong> Richard Booker has been painting for over 30 years. He has painted International icons such as Grammy nominated Jazz Artist Jonathan Butler and renown Civil Rights Icon Coretta…

“Do U know who Gregory Porter is?”

I had no idea what to expect as we drove the 45 minute drove to one of Arizona’s premier live performance facilities in beautiful downtown Mesa, Arizona. The Mesa Arts Center hosts a gamut of live events and caters to its neighbors as well as to the public at large. Doc Jones, the Publisher of…

Rocky Point people – Puerto Penasco Armando Noriega Jazz Icon

Rocky Point people – Armando Noriega Local Jazz great Armando ‘Kennedy’ Noriega performs new works at the 2015 International Cervantino Festival in Puerto Penasco. This month we saw a return of the International Cervantino Festival to Rocky Point. This was the only event in Northern Mexico that was a an extension of the Cervantino Festival,…

ESTUDIANTINA DE ALAMOS

  ESTUDIANTINAS of ALAMOS The Estudiantinas are a benchmark of the January music festival called FAOT (Festival de  Alfonso Ortiz Tirado).  FAOT is put on by the Sonoran Cultural Institute. Year after year it celebrates Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, in this southern city of the state of Sonora.  With 23 years of experience and fifteen…