SUNDAY AT THE SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL - August 10th, 2008
The San Jose
Jazz Festival continued Sunday with a full day of performers throughout
its several stages. San Francisco's Salsa band, Avance, [
http://www.avancemusic.com ]
formed by percussionist Karl Perazzo, and by Costa Ricans Armando
Cordoba, Jeff Cordoba, Luis Morales and Salvadorian/Jordanian, Jimmy
Flores, performed on the Salsa stage at 4 pm. Their full of energy
show included their by now signature "shakey shakey," for which members
of the audience hopped on stage to move to the band's fast beats.
Anthony Blea y Charanga [
http://www.anthonyblea.com ]
performed on the same stage at 6 pm. Those with him included Cuban
Orlando Torriente and Venezuelan Eduardo Herrera on vocals, Marco Diaz
on piano, and Carlos Caro on timbales. Blea is a great violinist
and his group performed beautifully. This listener highly
recommends him.
Closing at the Latin Jazz stage were, from
New York, Chembo Corniel and Chaworo [
http://www.myspace.com/chemboro ], and with their last song
concluded the 19th San Jose Jazz Festival. A festival
representative joined Chembo on stage to encourage the audience to get
involved with the mission of the San Jose Jazz organization - to
continue providing quality music to the community at affordable prices
and to introduce thousands of youngsters to music every year. For
more details about their educational goals, future plans, and to become
a member, visit
http://www.sanjosejazz.org
The 20th San Jose Jazz Festival is already
scheduled for August 7-9, 2009. Get ready!
