2013 SAN JOSÉ JAZZ SUMMER FEST

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2013

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, VISSION LATINA, AND TRIBUTE TO ARTURO RIERA

PHOTOS BY TOM EHRLICH © 2013

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans, a multigenerational group that plays traditional New Orleasn stye jazz played an inspired set.  The music was so good it was hard for me to leave them to go photograph groups at the salsa stage.

Salsa stage MC inroducing the award presentation

Arturo Riera, past president of San José Jazz Board of Directors and current Board member, is responsible for booking most of the Afro-Caribbean music groups for San José Jazz, is the one person who is promarily responsbile for San José Jazz Festivals having more Afro-Caribbean music than any other jazz festival in this country.  This year Arturo received an award for 2013 Board member of the year, which was well deserved.

San José Jazz Director

Kaiser Permanente sponsored the salsa stage at the festival and here Kaiser representative presents Artruo with his award.

Vission Latina is one of the top salsa groups in the Bay Area.  Their performance at the festival included inviting family members to sit in including Carlos Caro's mother who was visiting from Cuba and Marco Diaz's young son.

Marco Diaz's son on percussion

Julio Pérez

John Calloway sits in

Carlos Caro and his mom

Marco Diaz's son

Julio Pérez

Eduardo Herrera

Marco Díaz

Carlos Caro and mom

Roberto Morris

Saul Sierra

Left to right Marco Díaz, Saul Sierra, Marco's son, Carlos Caro

Marco's son

Eduardo Herrera and Orlando Torriente sitting in on vocals

Eduardo Herrera

Carlos Caro

Carlos Caro

Roberto Morris

Marco Díaz's son