Tom Ehrlich's Monterey Jazz Photos

The first report will focus on the Afro-Caribbean Music groups at the festival and some time in the future a feature story on the Pedrito Martinez Group by Kevin Moore will be posted.

Traditionally the Afro-Caribbean Music presented at the festival has been either jazz groups or orchestras which play dance music for listening such as Tito Puente. This year for the first time I am aware of, the festival had a salsa dance group every night where the audience was encouraged to dance. The group was Christian Pepin &. Orquesta Bembé, a Bay Area All Star group which played every night of the festival, each night being a different set of music. Pianist Jonathan Montes was the only musicain who was not from the Bay Area - originally from Puerto Rico now residing in Los Angeles. [Tom Ehrlich]

Friday's group consisted of:

Christian Pepín - leader, percussion and coros

Karl Perazzo - percussion and coros

Ernesto Mazar-Kindelán - bass and coros

Jonathan Montes - piano and coros

Christelle Durandy - vocals

Braulio Barrera - vocals

Bill Ortega - trumpet

Oscar Soltero - percussion and coros

*This year's report on the Monterey Jazz Festival is presented late due to problems with the timba.com website.

Christian Pepín leader, percussionist and coros

Ernesto Mazar-Kindelán bass and coros

Karl Perazzo percussion and coros

Christelle Durandy vocals

Braulio Barrera vocals

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Wednesday, 09 October 2024, 03:35 PM

We're currently experiencing some technical difficulties preventing us from posting new photos, so the review and photos from PMG's incredible show at Monterey Jazz has been delayed, but for SF fans, be sure not to miss the free Pedrito Martínez concert at 2:00, this Saturday at Yerba Buena Gardens. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS

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Tuesday, 03 September 2024, 05:53 PM

Pedrito at the 2012 Monterey Jazz Festival

At long last, the Pedrito Martínez Group returns to the Bay Area as part of the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival. Pedrito plays at 3:30 on Sunday.

The festival goes from Friday, Sept. 27 through Sunday, Sept. 29. Here's the full schedule, which also includes Herlin Riley & the New Orleans Groove Masters, Christian Pepín, Miguel Zenón, Luis Perdomo, Joshua Redman, Mavis Staples, Joel Ross, and many others.

https://montereyjazzfestival.org/schedule/

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Thursday, 11 July 2024, 09:40 PM

UPDATE: Added photos from Tom's upcoming gallery from the Thursday night show.

Tom Ehrlich was on hand for Thursday night's show - photos & review forthcoming. Click here to buy tickets for the rest of the weekend. Sunday's show is a matinée. See you there!