Ethan Margolis: Blues at the Heart of Almost Everything
As a guitarist, composer, and leader, Ethan Margolis shares his message of cultural intersectionality prevalent in music. His discoveries include finding elements of Spanish flamenco and deep blues in the modal explorations of Miles Davis and in Charles Mingus's sense of rhythm and funk. He hears parallels between flamenco music and jazz ballads, as well as anchored in spirituals. Listening for the essence of the music, Margolis finds common links that take all compositions back to the roots of ancient cultures. Intersecting them with emerging generations that leave their imprint for new generations to build from and move further, as Ethan Margolis is doing. Margolis's journey into music, intersecting elements crossing multiple cultures, begins with his time in the province of Andalusia in Spain. "I have been closely linked to Andalusia for 26 years now," he beams, "living there full time for 12 years and frequently collaborating still. P...