{"id":1528,"date":"2025-04-16T23:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:57:37","slug":"first-edition-of-the-mexican-jazz-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/first-edition-of-the-mexican-jazz-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"First edition of the Mexican Jazz Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1528\" class=\"elementor elementor-1528\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87a2ed6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87a2ed6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdae699\" data-id=\"bdae699\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8351dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8351dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, February 21, the first edition of the <strong>Mexican Jazz Encounter<\/strong> took place at the <strong>Parker &amp; Lenox<\/strong> jazz club in Mexico City, an event co-produced by <strong>Conexiones Culturales de Latinoam\u00e9rica<\/strong> and <strong>Not a Bot<\/strong> (Festival M Jazz, Parker &amp; Lenox, and Jazz en las Rocas).<\/span><\/p><p>The meeting brought together <strong>66 jazz professionals<\/strong> from Mexico City, 15 Mexican states and 7 international profiles. Among these, 14 concert halls, 12 festivals, 10 artists, 8 production companies, 6 press media, 2 educational institutions and 1 music conference were represented. A total of 14 representatives of public cultural institutions and 49 private initiatives were present.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af41244 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af41244\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e347dfc\" data-id=\"e347dfc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8695dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8695dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/800x800-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1531\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/800x800-2.png 800w, https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/800x800-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/800x800-2-500x500.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-07b139a\" data-id=\"07b139a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe47fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fe47fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the event, 3 activities were carried out with the objective of making a first approach and putting on the table relevant topics for Mexican jazz. The first consisted of 8 rounds of 5-minute pitches where experiences in <strong>audience development<\/strong> were shared. In order to get to know different points of view from the productive chain, as well as from various generations, the voices of communicators, managers, agents, programmers, artists and digital creators were heard. The experience was moderated by <strong>\u00d3scar Adad<\/strong> with the participation of <strong>Sara Valenzuela<\/strong>, Producer of Jalisco Radio and Director of the Konsulta Cultural Foundation; <strong>Ana Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, former manager of Troker and current Director of F\u00edjate qu\u00e9 Suave; <strong>Ilse Rodarte<\/strong>, Programmer of Zinco Jazz Club; <strong>Stephanie Villalobos<\/strong>, President of the Board of the Armando N\u00fa\u00f1ez International<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009224d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009224d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jazz Festival (Chihuahua); <strong>Kunt Vargas<\/strong>, musician and PR of Los Pream (Oaxaca); <strong>Emi Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, digital creator (@emi_hdzz); <strong>Dru Lojero<\/strong>, co-founder of Jazz Is Dead; and <strong>Jordi Funtanet<\/strong>, CEO of Not a Bot.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0586aae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0586aae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-29964fb\" data-id=\"29964fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19feaa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19feaa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was followed by a round table moderated by <strong>Ariadna Reyes<\/strong>, programmer of the Lunario del Auditorio Nacional and Senior Project Manager of The MET Live in HD, with the theme <strong>\u201cCirculation: Alliances and collaboration models\u201d<\/strong>, where the speakers talked about the creation of circuits and their participation in collaborations at a national or international level as public or private organizations. The speakers were <strong>Alejandro Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<\/strong>, Director of the Institute of Culture of Aguascalientes; <strong>Daniel Espinosa<\/strong>, Deputy Director of Circuits of the Cervantino International Festival; <strong>Gerry Rosado<\/strong>, Music Producer and Content Director of the Intolerancia label and co-founder of Relatable; and <strong>Pablo Sol\u00eds<\/strong>, Director of the Cultural Connections Latin America network.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a037afd\" data-id=\"a037afd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba7f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ba7f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EMJ_Numeralia_ENG.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EMJ_Numeralia_ENG.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.conexionesculturales.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/EMJ_Numeralia_ENG-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e063138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e063138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the two activities, there was time for discussion and <strong>networking<\/strong>, a space that was extended during Saturday at the <strong>M Jazz festival<\/strong>, to which professionals were also invited, to meet the scheduled artists, continue networking and enjoy the festival.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From CCLA, we thank all the participants for their confidence in participating in this type of event, and their <strong>commitment to continue strengthening jazz and music in Mexico<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consult the event&#8217;s memoir <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yg0mzfUgUO3CzBI1YAiIwmSAqL6X62Lp\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, February 21, the first edition of the Mexican Jazz Encounter took place at the Parker &amp; Lenox jazz club in Mexico City, an event co-produced by Conexiones Culturales de Latinoam\u00e9rica and Not a Bot (Festival M Jazz, Parker &amp; Lenox, and Jazz en las Rocas). 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