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Tom Ehrlich photographed the full festival, back on after last year's Covid cancellation. Friday night featured the Mimi Fox organ trio, Pat Metheny's new group Side-Eye and Herbie Hancock.

Also, tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, trombonist Edmundo Pina will be giving a lecture on the history of Los Van Van at the Mission Community Music Center in San Francisco.

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Click here for Tom Ehrlich's photos from Sunday, August 15th, the closing day of the San José Jazz Summerfest featuring Kurt Elling, Kandace Springs, the Cabanijazz Project, the Motet, Claudia Villela and Christian Sands.

Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter guitar

Kandace Springs vocals and piano, drummer Taylor Moore

Jennifer Hartswick trumpet

Claudia Villela and Romero Lubambo

Omar Ledezma with Cabanijazz Project

Christian Sands piano, Yasushi Nakamura bass and Clarence Penn drums

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Tom Ehrlich was on-hand for the 2021 San José Jazz Festival, featuring legendary rapper/actor Common, Pete Escovedo, Ray Obiedo y Mambo Caribe, Justo Almario, Gonzalo Chomat & Iris Cepeda. Three of the four galleries are up (see New Stuff links at the upper right). Check back soon for Sunday's gallery.

Obiedo's band featured Bay Area stars Michael Spiro, David Belove and Jeff Cressman:

Judith Hill

                      Camile Safiya, Joshua Icban & Anthony Mills Branch of Futurelics

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