April 5, MADRID — It’s been so many days since the lockdown took place in Madrid that we actually can’t remember how many of them have passed.
The city is committed to flatten the curve no matter what.
When the Spanish government announced the State of Emergency, one of our most eclectic musicians, composer and flutist María Toro, was touring Central America with her group.
It was, indeed, an odyssey to come home, but fortunately she made it.
She had to cancel concerts in El Salvador and Honduras, Master classes and the recording of her next album.
As you can see, María Toro speaks several musical languages: from Galician folk to jazz visiting Brazilian music and flamenco. She has collaborated with Hermeto Pascoal! Better times will come, with opportunities to hear her new music, but for now you can purchase Araras.
Singer, songwriter and music therapist Cristina Mora is a versatile and well known figure moving across our musical chessboard. Leader of three albums (Heart Landscapes, La luna y Otros Espejos and Bajo la piel).
She is an explorer of sound and emotion, fusing jazz with other styles like folk, pop or electronic music, and an investigator around sonority and environments.
Due to the virus’s disruptions she has lost her concerts as leader (in Albacete, Spain, with Heart Landscapes — but here it is below) and as sidewoman in Alicante, featuring in There’s Always Madness, Moisés P. Sánchez‘ new album.
You can buy Heart Landscapes or listen to Cristina Mora’s music on streaming platforms.
Enjoy these women’s work. This JazzOnLockdown series about the adaptability, flexibility and resiliency of jazz, from all our different countries, continues with the certainty that art soothes beyond the flesh.
