The Last SJ Jazz Summerfest Gallery is Posted

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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martes, 07 septiembre 2021, 10:12 pm

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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viernes, 09 abril 2021, 08:59 pm

Dayme Arocena, Kati Hernández, & Melvis Santa

LIVE - ONLINE

KATI HERNÁNDEZ's CUBAN MUSIC & DANCE PROGRAM

Saturday & Sunday, April 10 & 11, 2021

DAYMÉ AROCENA, and MELVIS SANTA will be featured live on line this weekend in two different classes, thanks to Los Angeles-based Cuban dancer Kati Hernández, director of Kimbámbula dance ensemble, and the power behind a series of on line Cuban dance and music classes that has been dubbed by a growing number of students around the globe as a "virtual university of Cuban arts!"

DAYMÉ AROCENA, composer singer, arranger, internationally feted jazz artist, will be speaking on Saturday, April 10 at 12:45 pm (Pacific Time) to the Con Clave: Musicality for Dancers class, a class that incidentally, and understandably, has attracted as many musicians as dancers over this last year.

MELVIS SANTA, musician, song writer, singer (Interactivo, Sexto Sentido...) has become a regular bright spot in Kati's program speaking to and leading lectures on Cuban music in the Musicality for Dancers class, as well as periodically teaching Afro Cuban song. This Sunday, April 11 at 11 am (Pacific Time) Melvis will be leading the Afro Cuban song class.

To sign up for these special guest classes ($15/class), as wel as Kati's dance classes, and to peruse the over 60 classes/month that Kati's program offers (including not only musicality, for dancers, Afro Cuban song, popular and Afro Cuban dance classes, but percussion workshops as well), visit www.katicubandanceonline.com.
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Watch for Curuye LA's upcoming interview with Kati Hernández

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sábado, 20 marzo 2021, 01:29 pm

Click here for more LVV photos by Tom Ehrlich.

Sad news. One of the key figures in the legendary creative chemistry of Los Van Van has passed.

Hugo Moreón was a trombonist, keyboardist and arranger who first came onto the radar in the early 70s in Acheré, a group of future all-stars that included Calixto Oviedo, Omar Hernández and NG trumpeter El Greco.

Hugo did stints with Pachito Alonso and Adalberto Álvarez before joining Van Van in the early 80s. In addition to playing trombone and keyboard solos on many classic tracks, he composed the mambo parts for nearly every major Van Van hit. He'll be sorely missed.