Editorial Policy
 Misterioso brings you interviews, feature articles, and CD reviews of the work of Jazz and Improvised Musics’ great creators, as well as photographs of some of those same artists.Misterioso’s Philosophy: “The language of music is an entirely different mode of communication than the written word. When a writer chooses a word or phrase to illustrate a form, a ‘school’ or even the approach of a given artist he had better be prepared to explain the context of those words. The art of writing about music implies describing the inexplicable. Categorization of music generally denotes sheer laziness, lack of insight, and in the worst cases, hack journalism on the part of a writer.” -Laurence SvirchevEdward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington put it another way: “You can say anything you want on a trombone, but you have to be very careful with words.”Misterioso is published by Laurence Svirchev. Based in Vancouver Canada, Svirchev began photographing creative musicians in 1989 and writing about them in 1992. His jazz works have been published in Coda, Planet Jazz, Step Magazine, The Wire (England), Cuadernos de Jazz (Spain), Jazz Halo (Belgium), American journals such as 5/4 Magazine, Strings, Jazziz, Downbeat, Jazz Times, and a host of international newsprint journals. Many of his interviews and photographs have been conceived during encounters in Vancouver’s fertile artistic terrain, including the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. |
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