November 12th
Alejandra Morales
Studied the career of Instrumentalist in piano at the University of Guanajuato.
She was also part of the jazz manouche group Swingaros with which he has been able to perform at various forums and cultural festivals around the country; such as, the Cervantes Theater, Jazz Manouche Festival Morelia, Baja California Festival, León Jazz Cycle, etc. This has in turn allowed him to explore this musical genre through various ensembles in different formats as a soloist. He has also ventured into Musical Theater as an actress and musical composer, in independent and institutional theater productions, which has helped him to expand his artistic baggage even more.
November 13th
Eric "Slim" Miller / Instagram
Eric "Slim" Miller is a vocalist and guitarist born in Georgia, USA. He was reborn (not in the Christian sense) in New Orleans. Since then, he has dedicated himself to preaching the musical gospels of Dr. John, Earl King, The Meters, Smiley Lewis, and Snooks Eaglin, among others, in bars, clubs, and festival stages in various states of the Mexican Republic.
November 14th
Mar Vilaseca / Website
Mar Vilaseca is a singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist born in Barcelona, Spain, and based in New York City. Raised in a musical family, she began singing and playing the piano at a very young age. At 14, she started performing professionally in her father's band. She earned a degree in Jazz Voice from the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya before moving to New York, where she completed a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School in 2022, receiving the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship Award. In 2026, she won First Prize in the Jazz category at the UNISA International Voice Competition. Throughout her career, Mar has collaborated with artists such as Hermeto Pascoal, Jeremy Pelt, Elio Villafranca, Matthew Whitaker, and Emmet Cohen, and has performed at internationally renowned venues and festivals, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, the Barcelona Jazz Festival, the Guangzhou Jazz Festival, and the Chicago Jazz Festival. As an artist, Mar draws upon the improvisational language of jazz, incorporating elements of Brazilian music, soul, gospel, and contemporary composition into her original work.
November 15
Alicia González
The project comes to light with the release of her first single "Caleidoscopio" on all digital platforms in March 2022. In January 2024, she begins the Dahliazul project, which has a completely female identity, paying homage to Mexican blues from the late 80s. She is currently preparing to release her new album in collaboration with producer and composer Saúl Moreno.
Antonio Lozoya / Facebook / Instagram
Graduate of the Superior School of Music of Mexico City with a degree in Jazz. He has performed at various festivals in Mexico, Cuba, the United States, and Austria, accompanying prominent personalities such as vibraphonist Dave Pike (Bill Evans, Herbie Mann), saxophonist Bob Sheppard (Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea), singer John Ronstadt (cousin of singer Linda Ronstadt), guitarist Randy Bernsen (Zawinul Syndicate), percussionist Roberto Vizcaíno (Irakere), drummer Francisco Mela (Kenny Barron), pianist Art Lande (Jan Garbarek), oboist and saxophonist Paul McCandless (Oregon, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones), steel drum performer Othello Molineaux (Jaco Pastorius), saxophonist Brice Winston (Wallace Roney), Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Luis Jesús “Chuchito” Valdés, among others. He has also participated as a bassist for Grammy-nominated and winning singers: Karrin Allyson, Magos Herrera, and Lila Downs. Founder of the group “San Miguel Jazz Cats,” alongside Canadian guitarist Ken Basman, playing together for over 20 years. He has actively participated since 1996 in the San Miguel de Allende International Jazz Festival, either as a musician, educational director, musical director, and since 2006 has been in charge of general direction, adding the style of Blues to the Festival. Scholar of the Ministry of Culture through FONCA (National Fund for Culture and Arts) in the “Established Scenic Creators” Program 2014-2017. Founder of the Gypsy Jazz group “Hot Club de San Miguel” and the “San Miguel Jazz & Blues Collective.” He has presented his original compositions with his jazz trio at various forums and Jazz Festivals in Campeche, Querétaro, León, Aguascalientes, San Miguel de Allende, and recently in Vienna, Austria.
Jorge Luis Méndez Adame
Jorge Méndez is a jazz pianist and music educator with over two decades of professional experience in Mexico and internationally. Originally from Chilpancingo, Guerrero, he began his musical training at an early age and solidified his studies with a Bachelor's degree in Jazz from the Superior School of Music (ESM). Throughout his career, Jorge Luis Méndez Adame has participated in concerts and collaborations with internationally recognized musicians, such as Martin Valihora,
a drummer associated with Hiromi Uehara's project; Karina Colis, a drummer trained at Berklee; Zule Guerra, a Cuban composer and singer linked to Berklee Valencia; and Bob Montgomery, a prominent trumpeter and representative figure of jazz in the eighties. He currently resides in Tulum, Quintana Roo, from where he maintains an active presence in the jazz scene. He regularly performs in clubs in Mexico City and the Riviera Maya, and continues to develop projects in performance, collaboration, and music education. His career reflects a constant commitment to artistic excellence, international exchange, and the dissemination of jazz.