Jazzorca Explained

Cafe Jazzorca Free jazz and experimental music
Location:	Mexico City, Mexico]
Coordinates:	19.3678°N -99.14°W

Jazzorca is Mexico City's most prominent dedicated free jazz and experimental music venue,^[1] founded by multi-instrumentalist Germán Bringas in 1994.

Musicians

Mexican musicians who have played at Café Jazzorca are Bringas' group Zeropoint, Ernesto Andriano, Alain Cano, Gibrán Andrade, Iván Bringas, Carlos Alegre, Arturo Baez, Marcos Miranda, Ana Ruiz, Remi Alvarez, and Itzam Cano. Non-Mexican musicians who have played there are Marco Eneidi, Daniel Jodocy, Feike de Jong, Fabio Pellegrini, Misha Marks, Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Peeter Uuskyla, Frode Gjerstad, Alfonso Malfón, Michael Schulz, Martin High de Prime, Elliott Levin, Phillip Lauzier, Gabriel Lauber, and Darrell Zimmerman.

Nanahuatl was recorded at Café Jazzorca in December 2009 and released two years later. Artists include Germán Bringas, Iván Bringas, María Lipkau and Julian Bonequi.^[2]

Jazzorca Records

Bringas founded the record label Jazzorca Records.^[3] Some of their recordings include:

• Bringas, Germán, Ser doble (Being double), Mexico, Jazzorca Records, 1994. Compositions of the author, Miroslav Vitous and Jan Garbarek.
• Bringas, German, La triste maquina de hacer arroz. (The sad machine to make rice), Mexico, Jazzorca-Option Sonica, 1997.^[4]
• Bringas, Germán and el Engrane Amarillo, Mexico, Jazzorca and Smogless Records, 1999. Compositions of the author.
• Zero Point, Zero Point (2005), Mexico, Jazzorca Records, 2005.^[5]
• Alvarez, Remi, Hernan Hecht, Darrell Zimmerman, Carlos Alegre, German Bringas, Itzam Cano, Gabriel Lauber, Free Radical Jazz. Recorded live at Cafe Jazzorca 2005–2007, Mexico, Jazzorca Records, 2007.
• Alonso, Chefa, Ana Ruiz, Adriana Camacho, et al. Free Jazz Women and Some Men, Jazzorca Records, 2015.^[6]

Further reading

• Steve Koenig. Defragmented Sound: The Music of Germán Bringas. Acoustic Levitation. Transcription and translation by Carlos Gómez. Interview (audio and transcription) with musician Germán Bringas within the Jazzorca scene. In English.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liberan su espíritu con free jazz - El Mañana - Revista . Elmanana.com.mx . April 18, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015073731/http://elmanana.com.mx/notas.asp?id=21210 . October 15, 2007 .
2. Web site: Nanahuatl . Realtime Music Archives . April 18, 2013 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050307/http://www.auditionrecords.com/rtma/archives/arm003.html . dead .
3. News: R. Jose Fernandez . Bringas takes experimental music to the edge. (German Bringas review) (Brief Article) . Business Mexico . American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico . May 1, 2001.
4. Book: El jazz en México: datos para una historia (Volume 603 of Colección Popular Especiales de a la Orilla del Viento) . Alain Derbez . Fondo de Cultura Economica . 2001 . 460 . 9681652126 . registration .
5. Web site: Gabriel Lauber - Releases . gabriellauber.com . April 18, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093829/http://www.gabriellauber.com/index.php/releases . March 4, 2016 . dead .
6. Web site: Jazz y cultura popular – CON LOS AUDÍFONOS PUESTOS. es-ES. 2019-04-11.