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  Why transitional? On the social network everyone is an expert of music, giving hints and counseling others to check this and that. Than we have professional experts, who give this information at incredible speed and profusion. Sometimes we ask to ourselves what this is all about. “OK, man, thanks, but what is your philosophy? How do you connect this wonderful music you are pointing at, to non-music, life, word, thought?” That’s precisely what it is more interesting to process after that music has been on the spot and gone in the air. It will be too much to ask to anyone writing of musicRead More →

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  Frank Lowe, a known an appreciated musician of the “Transitional Period” — otherwise known also as “Third Renaissance” of Black Arts in terms often used to periodize African American arts — remembers Rafael Garrett as his first teacher. Later, he invited him gladly to play with his group “The Jazz Doctors” after he came back in the States in the first eighties. Lowe’s words made me remember some moments of my encounter with Rafael. He was a man of a deep culture and intelligence whose conversation was as interesting as his music. Before to continue with my “fieldwork” in retrospective and autobiographical musical anthropology,Read More →