THE
BEST JAZZMAN IN MEXICO CITY
Gabriel Balderas is not famous – yet – but I consider him the premier jazz player in Mexico City.
And that’s no
small statement, as there are easily a half dozen or more jazz venues in the cultural
capital of the Americas.
I lucked out
when I walked into Parker and Lenox – in the Roma neighborhood – and heard
Gabriel on the sax.
At the end
of the show, I started out in my horrible Spanish and we quickly switched to
his English to talk about jazz greats, Mexico City and music.
A few nights
later, I was at Jazzatlan Capital, also in the hip Roma neighborhood, and
caught Gabriel sitting in with the night’s featured act.
Seeing me
twice in one week, he was so kind that he gave me a CD of his fabulous Voices From
The Border.
You can
check him out at many different streaming services, including Spotify:
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