1st Annual Mission Latin Jazz Festival
October 13 & 14
Brava Theater / 2781 24th St. San Francisco
$18 / $15 students & seniors
group discounts available
The 1970s Mission All-Stars
featuring John Calloway, Karl Perazzo,
Anthony Blea, Greg Landau, David Belove,
Linda Tillery, and more…
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble
Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble
tribute to Ray Barretto
VL Trio
Pacific Mambo Orchestra
20-piece Latin big band
Laura Rebolloso
y Ensemble Marinero
from Mexico
The long overdue First Annual Mission Latin Jazz Festival features a showcase of exceptional musicians and bands from the Mission district, the Bay Area, California, the US, Latin America, and beyond. An all-star band of Mission district musicians from the 1970s is paired with the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble, the next generation of SF Latin Jazz musicians. The 20-piece big-band Pacific Mambo Orchestra is paired with VL Trio. The festival strives to open several dialogues within the Latin Jazz community, a dialogue regarding the recent Grammy restructuring decisions and re-instatement of the Latin Jazz category, and to open a discussion on the questions: what is Latin Jazz? What does it mean? With the inclusion of Laura Rebolloso and Ensemble Marinero from Mexico, playing a version of Mexican-Jazz, we invite a discussion on whether Latin Jazz only includes Cuban and Puerto Rican mixtures of Jazz, only Caribbean Jazz, or can Latin Jazz include influences from all over Latin America?
For more information go to Acción Latina
Co-sponsored by KPFA
