Jamming at SAT

I had the pleasure to play keyboards in a mix-session at SAT (www.sat.qc.ca). That was my first gig in electrojazz. We played a bunch of loops of our own, and had great feedback from the audience. I look forward to the next one.

Accredited Photographer for Montreal's Festival International des Nuits d'Afrique

Again, Latino newspaper appointed me as their official photographer to make pix of the International Festival of African Nights. This festival has been going on for many many years, now. They do an outstanding job to promote African music. In my opinion, they'll be around for more years than you could shake a stick at, which is good news because African music *is* the root of the majority of today's music. Photos: Youssou N'Dour, Celsio Machado.

Appointed Photographer/Translator for an interview of Jazz piano legend Mr Oliver Jones

Alberto Antonio Méndez is my partner at newspaper "La voz". We meet very interesting persons and work on articles about them: Alberto conducts the interview and is the writer, I'm the photographer. Today, we have the great pleasure to meet and interview Oliver Jones at the Hyatt, downtown Montreal. This interview started as a real and intense exchange between the three of us: Alberto asked the questions in Spanish, Oliver understands Spanish pretty well and replies in French of English, which I translated to Alberto... To use a Jazz terminology, I'd say we performed in trio! Being a Jazz musician myself, I had a chance to sneak in a few questions about technique... Huge thanks to Oliver and Alberto for this outstanding moment.