The Guadalajara Reporter

Guadalajara Jazz spot ready for festival

After a long career in the media and art world, Eduardo Diaz Barraza, a middle aged tapatio was taking a trip across France when the idea of a new venture hit him. The cozy bars in Paris enchanted him, and once back in Guadalajara he dedicated himself to find the perfect place to start his own jazz bar, the first one in the city since the closing of the legendary Copenhagen 77 more than a decade ago.

Despite an appreciative, but small audience for jazz in Guadalajara, (well-known figures as Dizzy Guillespie, Lionel Hampton and Woody Shaw have performed in Teatro Degollado), the path for jazz musicians here has always been rocky. Once in a while a new venue opens its stage for jazz nights or simple jams, but for many years, no place in town had five jazz performances a week.

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